8.5

CVE-2014-4345: mit kerberos_5 Numeric Errors

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2014:1255UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4345DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4345
Published 14-08-2014Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-4345 is a high (CVSS 8.5) Numeric Errors vulnerability in mit kerberos_5. EPSS estimates a 8.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.09%
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 7 · Related 2
DLA-37-1DSA-3000-1MGASA-2014-0345OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10004-1RHSA-2014:1389RHSA-2015:0439

Timeline

  1. 14-08-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.11.x before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of "cpw -keepold" commands.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

8.09%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 8.09% 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, authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat7 products
  • krb5< 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
  • krb5-debuginfo< 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
  • krb5-devel< 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
  • krb5-libs< 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
  • krb5-server< 0:1.6.1-80.el5_11
Debian1 product
  • krb5< 1.12.1+dfsg-7
Mit1 product
  • kerberos_51.6 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.7 | 1.7.1 | 1.8 | 1.8.1 | 1.8.2 | 1.8.3 | 1.8.4 | 1.8.5 | 1.8.6 | 1.9 | 1.9.1 | 1.9.2 | 1.9.3 | 1.9.4 | 1.10 | 1.10.1 | 1.10.2 | 1.10.3 | 1.10.4 | 1.1.1 | 1.11.1 | 1.11.2 | 1.11.3 | 1.11.4 | 1.11.5 | 1.12 | 1.12.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • krb5< 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2

4 vendors · 10 products

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