CVE-2015-2697

MediumCVSS 4.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The build_principal_va function in lib/krb5/krb/bld_princ.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.14 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and KDC crash) via an initial '\0' character in a long realm field within a TGS request.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Nov 9, 2015
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2015-2697: Medium severity, CVSS 4.0 | Vulnix