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CVE-2008-0947: mit kerberos_5

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-0947
Published 19-03-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-0947 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in mit kerberos_5. EPSS estimates a 8.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.1% 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
8.83%
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. 19-03-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the RPC library used by libgssrpc and kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.4 through 1.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering a large number of open file descriptors.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

8.83%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 8.83% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
8.83%

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.3~beta1-4
Mit1 product
  • kerberos_51.4 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | 1.5 | 1.5.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.3 | 1.6 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.6.3

2 vendors · 2 products

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