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CVE-2007-0957: canonical ubuntu_linux Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 9.0v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2007-0957
Published 06-04-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-0957 is a high (CVSS 9.0) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 10.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
10.33%
0%100%
Medium · 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 3 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 06-04-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the krb5_klog_syslog function in the kadm5 library, as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and Key Distribution Center (KDC), in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and modify the Kerberos key database via crafted arguments, possibly involving certain format string specifiers.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

10.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 10.33% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
10.33%

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

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Canonical1 product
Mit1 product

3 vendors · 4 products

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