5.8

CVE-2009-0844: mit kerberos

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2009-0844
Published 09-04-2009Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-0844 is a medium (CVSS 5.8) vulnerability in mit kerberos. EPSS estimates a 4.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.32%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1
DSA-1766-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10004-1RHSA-2009:0408

Timeline

  1. 09-04-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The get_input_token function in the SPNEGO implementation in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.5 through 1.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly obtain sensitive information via a crafted length value that triggers a buffer over-read.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.32%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 4.32% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Mit2 products
Debian1 product
  • krb5< 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-13

2 vendors · 3 products

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