VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2007-5972
CVSS score9 HIGH
EPSS probability2.68%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-12-06
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
Double free vulnerability in the krb5_def_store_mkey function in lib/kdb/kdb_default.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.5 has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors. NOTE: the free operations occur in code that stores the krb5kdc master key, and so the attacker must have privileges to store this key.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer