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.

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

EPSS: 0.026 (85.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Mit Kerberos_5
Debian Debian_linux — versions 11.0, 12.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

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.