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CVE-2007-5902: mit kerberos_5 Numeric Errors

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2007-5902
Published 06-12-2007Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-5902 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Numeric Errors vulnerability in mit kerberos_5. EPSS estimates a 5.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
90/100
0100
Critical · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.91%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 06-12-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Integer overflow in the svcauth_gss_get_principal function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a large length value for a GSS client name in an RPC request.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.91%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.91% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
5.91%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.gentoo.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • krb5< 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1
Mit1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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