THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2014-9421
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-9421

Kerberos 5 vulnerability

CVSS
9.0
EPSS
6.2%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
The auth_gssapi_unwrap_data function in lib/rpc/auth_gssapi_misc.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.11.5, 1.12.x through 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 does not properly handle partial XDR deserialization, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and double free, and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via malformed XDR data, as demonstrated by data sent to kadmind.
Affected vendor
Mit
Affected product
Kerberos 5
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2015-02-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-9421

  • Confirm whether Mit Kerberos 5 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-9421.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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