CVE-2008-0063

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The Kerberos 4 support in KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5kdc) does not properly clear the unused portion of a buffer when generating an error message, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, aka "Uninitialized stack values."

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 19, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-0063: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix