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CVE-2002-1225: kth heimdal

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2002-1225
Published 21-10-2002Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2002-1225 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in kth heimdal. EPSS estimates a 4.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.55%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-178

Timeline

  1. 21-10-2002
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Heimdal before 0.5, possibly in both the (1) kadmind and (2) kdc servers, may allow remote attackers to gain root access.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.55% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.55%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • heimdal< 0.4e-21
Kth1 product
  • heimdal0.3e | 0.4a | 0.4b | 0.4c | 0.4d | 0.4e

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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