CVE-2012-1014: mit kerberos_5
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-1014 is a high (CVSS 9.0) vulnerability in mit kerberos_5. EPSS estimates a 4.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 06-08-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The process_as_req function in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.10.x before 1.10.3 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed AS-REQ request.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
4.34%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 4.34% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Debian1 product
- krb5< 1.10.1+dfsg-2
Mit1 product
- kerberos_51.10 | 1.10.1 | 1.10.2
2 vendors · 2 products
