CVE-2014-5355
MIT Kerberos 5 - Denial of Service
Title source: ruleDescription
MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.13.1 incorrectly expects that a krb5_read_message data field is represented as a string ending with a '\0' character, which allows remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a zero-byte version string or (2) cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by omitting the '\0' character, related to appl/user_user/server.c and lib/krb5/krb/recvauth.c.
References (10)
Scores
EPSS
0.0942
EPSS Percentile
92.7%
Classification
Status
draft
Affected Products (50)
mit/kerberos_5
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Timeline
Published
Feb 20, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026