Is CVE-2007-0957 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-0957 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-0957?

CVE-2007-0957 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.0 (HIGH).

CVE-2007-0957

HIGH · CVSS 9.0EPSS 10.4%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.0 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
EPSS score: 10.4% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-0951)
Published: April 6, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-0951 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
mit / kerberos 5

References

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070401-01-P.asc(Broken Link)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391(Broken Link)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Apr/0001.html(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24706(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24735(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24736(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24740(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24750(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24757(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24785(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24786(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24798(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24817(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25464(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-02.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102930-1(Broken Link)
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-002-syslog.txt(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1276(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/704024(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:077(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0095.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464592/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464666/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464814/30/7170/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23285(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017849(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-449-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-093B.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1218(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1250(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1983(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33411(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10757(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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