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CVE-2007-5972

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Published: Dec 6, 2007Modified: Apr 23, 2026

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9.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitability: 8.0 / Impact: 10.0
Source: NVD

Description

Double free vulnerability in the krb5_def_store_mkey function in lib/kdb/kdb_default.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.5 has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors. NOTE: the free operations occur in code that stores the krb5kdc master key, and so the attacker must have privileges to store this key.

Affected (1)

Products: Mit: Kerberos 5
Mit
1 product
Kerberos 5
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Kerberos 5
Version 1.5

Related CWEs

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (26)

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Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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