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CVE-2014-4345
Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in…
- 8.5HighCVSS base score
- 8.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Off-by-one error in the krb5_encode_krbsecretkey function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in the LDAP KDB module in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.6.x through 1.11.x before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of "cpw -keepold" commands.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 55 days later
· 55 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 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 | High8.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.1% · top 5.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- FEDORA-2014-9315 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 61353 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- kerberos-cve20144345-bo(95212) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/dc7ed55c689d57de7f7408b34631bf06fec9dab1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 59993 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=7980 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1255.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-9305 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:1043 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0439 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2014_4345_numeric_errors (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 61314 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:1028 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1030705 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1128157 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 60535 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 109908 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 69168 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3000 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDVSA-2014:165 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- GLSA-201412-53 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 59415 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2014-001.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1255 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 60776 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/pull/181 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0345.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 59102 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2014-4272 (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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