VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-0846

CVSS score10 HIGH
EPSS probability8.90%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-04-09
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The asn1_decode_generaltime function in lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_decode.c in the ASN.1 GeneralizedTime decoder in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an invalid DER encoding that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-824: Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Primary references