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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-3116

The Heimdal Software Kerberos 5 implementation is vulnerable to a null pointer dereferance.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.89%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The Heimdal Software Kerberos 5 implementation is vulnerable to a null pointer dereferance. An attacker with network access to an application that depends on the vulnerable code path can cause the application to crash.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.89% probability · 57th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-476
Affected
heimdal project/heimdal
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.