CVE-2007-2442

CriticalCVSS 10.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The gssrpc__svcauth_gssapi function in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.6.1 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a zero-length RPC credential, which causes kadmind to free an uninitialized pointer during cleanup.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 10.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-824

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 26, 2007
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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