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CVE-2009-0846

CVSS Score Not Available
50.01%
MEDIUM RiskEPSS (98th percentile)

The asn1_decode_generaltime function in lib/krb5/asn.1/asn1_decode.c in the ASN.1 GeneralizedTime decoder in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an invalid DER encoding that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer.

Published: 4/9/2009
Modified: 4/9/2025
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Vulnerability Summary

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

50.01%MEDIUM Exploitation Risk
98th percentile

This vulnerability has a 50.01% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.