6.9

CVE-2007-5971: mit kerberos_5 Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 6.9v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2007-5971
Published 06-12-2007Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-5971 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in mit kerberos_5. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.9/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.37%
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 3 · Related 1

Timeline

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

Description

Double free vulnerability in the gss_krb5int_make_seal_token_v3 function in lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) has unknown impact and attack vectors.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.37%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

29%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.37% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.37%

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

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

2 vendors · 2 products

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