CVE-2014-4343
Double free vulnerability in the init_ctx_reselect function in the SPNEGO initiator in lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.10.x through 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via network traffic that appears to come from an intended acceptor, but specifies a security mechanism different from the one proposed by the initiator.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-415
- EPSS score
- 6.4% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-4270)
- Published
- August 14, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-4270 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- mit / kerberos 5
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux hpc node
- redhat / enterprise linux server
- redhat / enterprise linux workstation
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0345.html
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/nas_advisory1.asc
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=7969(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136360.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0439.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59102
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60082
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60448
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61052
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-53.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/500/sol15553.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3000(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.osvdb.org/109390
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69159
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030706
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1121876
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95211
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/f18ddf5d82de0ab7591a36e465bc24225776940f(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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