krb5: double free in kdb lib
Published Dec 6, 2007
9.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.68%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue is not a vulnerability, for more information see https://marc.info/?m=119743235325151
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.68% (0.02676) | 85.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.68% (0.02676) | 83.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.69% (0.01689) | 80.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.65% (0.04648) | 81.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.21% (0.02214) | 83.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.84% (0.00845) | 82.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 9, 2024 | 0.91% (0.00909) | 82.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 11, 2024 | 0.67% (0.00666) | 79.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 11, 2023 | 0.67% (0.00666) | 77.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.61% (0.00615) | 75.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 80.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 79.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 57.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (17)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199211 x_refsource_MISC
- http://osvdb.org/44747 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28636 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39290 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39784 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-924-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-940-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1192 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5972 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=415361 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5972
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5972
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