VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-4344

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability6.61%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-08-14
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

The acc_ctx_cont function in the SPNEGO acceptor in lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.5.x through 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an empty continuation token at a certain point during a SPNEGO negotiation.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references