{"id":"CVE-2015-2698","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-2698","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:52:48.565Z","title":"The iakerb_gss_export_sec_context function in lib/gssapi/krb5/iakerb.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.14 pre-release 2015-09-14 improperly accesses a certain pointer, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory…","description":"The iakerb_gss_export_sec_context function in lib/gssapi/krb5/iakerb.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.14 pre-release 2015-09-14 improperly accesses a certain pointer, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by interacting with an application that calls the gss_export_sec_context function.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2015-2696.","published":"2015-11-13T03:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:24:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":8.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["mit/kerberos 5"],"epss":{"score":0.02916,"percentile":0.86918,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.92%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8273","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00116.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00124.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2810-1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/3db8dfec1ef50ddd78d6ba9503185995876a39fd","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8273","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00116.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00124.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2810-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/3db8dfec1ef50ddd78d6ba9503185995876a39fd","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2698","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}