Is CVE-2014-5353 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-5353 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-5353?

CVE-2014-5353 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 3.5 (LOW).

CVE-2014-5353

LOW · CVSS 3.5EPSS 5.0%EU EUVD

The krb5_ldap_get_password_policy_from_dn function in plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_pwd_policy.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.13.1, when the KDC uses LDAP, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a successful LDAP query with no results, as demonstrated by using an incorrect object type for a password policy.

Key facts

CVSS score: 3.5 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
EPSS score: 5.0% (92th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-5242)
Published: December 16, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-5242 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
mit / kerberos 5
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
oracle / solaris
oracle / solaris
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux workstation

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11039-2020 - archived

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0536.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155828.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00061.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0439.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0794.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:009(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71679(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031376(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2498-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=773226(Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/d1f707024f1d0af6e54a18885322d70fa15ec4d3(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00040.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

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

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