Out-of-bounds Read in Mit Kerberos 5

CVE-2024-37371

In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.21.3, an attacker can cause invalid memory reads during GSS message token handling by sending message tokens with invalid length fields.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (79.0th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-37371: held from 0.019 to 0.019.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-37371?
CVE-2024-37371 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2024-06-28.
How severe is CVE-2024-37371?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-37371 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.