Use-after-free vulnerability in the gss_indicate_mechs function in lib/gssapi/mechglue/g_initialize.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) has unknown…

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the gss_indicate_mechs function in lib/gssapi/mechglue/g_initialize.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) has unknown impact and attack vectors. NOTE: this might be the result of a typo in the source code.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.47% · top 59% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (20)

• MDVSA-2008:069 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 29464 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 26750 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-2637 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 29451 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-2647 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 20071208 Venustech reports of MIT krb5 vulns [CVE-2007-5894 CVE-2007-5901 CVE-2007-5902 CVE-2007-5971 CVE-2007-5972] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0164 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199214 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 20071208 MIT Kerberos 5: Multiple vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 29516 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 39290 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-924-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 43346 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11451 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• GLSA-200803-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2007-5901](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2007-5901.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-5901)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 15:47 UTC.