Vulnerability in Mit Kerberos_5

CVE-2008-0062

KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5kdc) does not set a global variable for some krb4 message types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted messages that trigger a NULL poi…

Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)

EPSS: 0.101 (95.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-0062?
CVE-2008-0062 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mit Kerberos_5, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2008-03-19.
How severe is CVE-2008-0062?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2008-0062 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.