Double free vulnerability in the GSS-API library (lib/gssapi/krb5/k5unseal.c), as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1, when used with the authentication method provided by the RPCSEC_GSS RPC library, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and modify the Kerberos key database via a message with an "an invalid direction encoding".
Published 2007-04-06 01:19:00
Updated 2021-02-02 18:22:27
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Memory CorruptionExecute code

Products affected by CVE-2007-1216

Threat overview for CVE-2007-1216

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2007-1216
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 5555
IPs affected by CVE-2007-1216 121
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-1216

40.46%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 97 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2007-1216

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
9.0
HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
8.0
10.0
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2007-1216

  • The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2007-1216

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