CVE-2018-16807

HIGH

Bro < 2.5.5 - Denial of Service via Kerberos Protocol Parser Memory Leak

Title source: llm

In Bro through 2.5.5, there is a memory leak potentially leading to DoS in scripts/base/protocols/krb/main.bro in the Kerberos protocol parser.

Core 1

Core References

Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0140

EPSS Percentile 68.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CWE

CWE-772

Status published

Products (1)

bro/bro < 2.5.5

Published Sep 11, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026