Vulnerability in Heimdal

CVE-2022-41916

Heimdal is an implementation of ASN.1/DER, PKIX, and Kerberos. Versions prior to 7.7.1 are vulnerable to a denial of service vulnerability in Heimdal's PKI certificate validation library, affecting the KDC (via PKINIT) and kinit (via PKINI…

EPSS: 0.009 (55.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41916?
CVE-2022-41916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Heimdal, classified under Off-by-one Error. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2022-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-41916?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-41916 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.