CVE-2007-5972

CriticalCVSS 9.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 6, 2007
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2007-5972: Critical severity, CVSS 9.0 | Vulnix