CVE-2017-17439

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In Heimdal through 7.4, remote unauthenticated attackers are able to crash the KDC by sending a crafted UDP packet containing empty data fields for client name or realm. The parser would unconditionally dereference NULL pointers in that case, leading to a segmentation fault. This is related to the _kdc_as_rep function in kdc/kerberos5.c and the der_length_visible_string function in lib/asn1/der_length.c.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 6, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-17439: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix