krb5: denial of service flaws when handling padding length longer than the plaintext
Published Jul 20, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.14%
Description
MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) by injecting invalid tokens into a GSSAPI application session.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- < 1.12.2
Configuration 2
- 7.0
- 7.3
- 7.4
- 7.5
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 7.0
- 7.3
- 7.4
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 7.3
- 7.4
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 7.3
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 7.0
Configuration 3
- 7.0
Configuration 4
- 20
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
krb5-0:1.6.1-78.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1245
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
krb5-0:1.10.3-33.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1389
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
krb5-0:1.12.2-14.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0439
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | krb5-0:1.6.1-78.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1245 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | krb5-0:1.10.3-33.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1389 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | krb5-0:1.12.2-14.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0439 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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 | 7.14% (0.07138) | 94.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.14% (0.07138) | 93.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 9, 2025 | 14.45% (0.14451) | 94.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 12.61% (0.12610) | 93.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 14.91% (0.14912) | 90.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 12.61% (0.12610) | 93.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.55% (0.03551) | 91.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 1, 2024 | 4.70% (0.04698) | 92.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 1, 2024 | 6.50% (0.06503) | 93.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.70% (0.04698) | 91.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0345.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/nas_advisory1.asc x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=7949 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136360.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0439.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59102 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60082 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60448 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-53.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3000 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:165 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68909 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030706 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4341 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1116180 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94904 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/e6ae703ae597d798e310368d52b8f38ee11c6a73 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4341
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4341
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