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CVE-2007-0957
Stack-based buffer overflow in the krb5_klog_syslog function in the kadm5 library, as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind)…
- 9.0HighCVSS base score
- 10.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the krb5_klog_syslog function in the kadm5 library, as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) and Key Distribution Center (KDC), in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and modify the Kerberos key database via crafted arguments, possibly involving certain format string specifiers.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 51 days later
· 51 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.4% · top 4.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
36
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10757 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1218 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-002-syslog.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20070403 MITKRB5-SA-2007-002: KDC, kadmind stack overflow in krb5_klog_syslog [CVE-2007-0957] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 24966 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24706 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24798 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24740 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0095 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1983 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 24786 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 102930 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- TA07-093B (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 20070405 FLEA-2007-0008-1: krb5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-1276 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 24735 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23285 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- TA07-109A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 24750 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1250 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 24817 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24757 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- kerberos-krb5klogsyslog-bo(33411) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- VU#704024 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 1017849 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2007:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 24785 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25464 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:077 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- USN-449-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-04-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1470 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 24736 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070404 rPSA-2007-0063-1 krb5 krb5-server krb5-services krb5-test krb5-workstation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- GLSA-200704-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-0951 (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)
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