HomeHeimdal ProjectCVE-2021-44758

CVE-2021-44758

HIGH
7.5CVSS
Published: 2022-12-26
Updated: 2025-04-14
AI Analysis

Description

Heimdal before 7.7.1 allows attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference in a SPNEGO acceptor via a preferred_mech_type of GSS_C_NO_OID and a nonzero initial_response value to send_accept.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-476CWE-476

Metadata

Primary Vendor
HEIMDAL_PROJECT
Published
12/26/2022
Last Modified
4/14/2025
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

heimdal_project : heimdal

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