Is CVE-2007-5894 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-5894 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-5894?

CVE-2007-5894 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2007-5894

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 2.7%EU EUVD

The reply function in ftpd.c in the gssftp ftpd in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) does not initialize the length variable when auth_type has a certain value, which has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors. NOTE: the original disclosure misidentifies the conditions under which the uninitialized variable is used. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating " The 'length' variable is only uninitialized if 'auth_type' is neither the 'KERBEROS_V4' nor 'GSSAPI'; this condition cannot occur in the unmodified source code.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS score: 2.7% (86th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-5864)
Published: December 6, 2007
NVD last modified: November 6, 2026
Status: Analyzed

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5864 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

mit / kerberos 5

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199205(Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://osvdb.org/44333(Broken Link)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html(Mailing List)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html(Mailing List)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28636(Vendor Advisory, Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29457(Vendor Advisory, Broken Link)
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112(Broken Link)
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112(Broken Link)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26750(Broken Link)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2012(Broken Link)

Last updated November 7, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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