CVE-2007-2442

10.0

CVSS v2.0 Base Score

11.38%

LOW RiskEPSS (96th percentile)

The gssrpc__svcauth_gssapi function in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.6.1 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a zero-length RPC credential, which causes kadmind to free an uninitialized pointer during cleanup.

Published: 6/26/2007

Modified: 6/16/2026

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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

10

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

11.38%LOW Exploitation Risk

96th percentile

This vulnerability has a 11.38% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

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