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CVE-2017-11462

CRITICAL
9.8CVSS
Published: 2017-09-13
Updated: 2025-04-20
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Description

Double free vulnerability in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) allows attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving automatic deletion of security contexts on error.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-415

Metadata

Primary Vendor
MIT
Published
9/13/2017
Last Modified
4/20/2025
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5mit : kerberos_5fedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedora

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