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CVE-2014-9423: mit kerberos_5

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-9423DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9423
Published 19-02-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-9423 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in mit kerberos_5. EPSS estimates a 3.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

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

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.89%
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 8 · Related 4
DLA-146-1DSA-3153-1MGASA-2015-0066OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10004-1RHSA-2015:0439SUSE-SU-2015:0290-1

Timeline

  1. 19-02-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The svcauth_gss_accept_sec_context function in lib/rpc/svc_auth_gss.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.11.x through 1.11.5, 1.12.x through 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 transmits uninitialized interposer data to clients, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process heap memory by sniffing the network for data in a handle field.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.89%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.89% 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.

Debian1 product
  • krb5< 1.12.1+dfsg-17
Mit1 product
  • kerberos_51.1.1 | 1.11.1 | 1.11.2 | 1.11.3 | 1.11.4 | 1.11.5 | 1.12 | 1.12.1 | 1.12.2 | 1.13
Ubuntu1 product
  • krb5< 1.12+dfsg-2ubuntu5.1

3 vendors · 3 products

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