Is CVE-2008-0062 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-0062 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-0062?

CVE-2008-0062 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

CVE-2008-0062

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8EPSS 10.1%EU EUVD

KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5kdc) does not set a global variable for some krb4 message types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted messages that trigger a NULL pointer dereference or double-free.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.8 (v3.1)
Severity: CRITICAL
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-665
EPSS score: 10.1% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-0075)
Published: March 19, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0075 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
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
mit / kerberos 5

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562(Broken Link)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html(Mailing List)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00006.html(Mailing List)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497213107107&w=2(Mailing List)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29423(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29424(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29428(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29435(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29438(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29450(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29451(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29457(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29462(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29464(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29516(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29663(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30535(Broken Link)
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022520.html(Broken Link)
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5022542.html(Broken Link)
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2008-001.txt(Third Party Advisory)
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112(Broken Link)
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112(Broken Link)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1524(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/895609(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:069(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:070(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:071(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0180.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0181.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0182.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489761(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28303(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019626(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-587-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html(Third Party Advisory)

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

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