CVE-2004-0772

Published: Sep 10, 2004Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-415

9.8CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

Description

Double free vulnerabilities in error handling code in krb524d for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.8 and earlier may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-415

Affected Products

mit

oss-project·USaka mit krb5, mit kerberos

kerberos 5On-prem

Operating Systems

openpkg

oss-project

openpkgOn-prem

DevTools & CI / artifact-registry

debian

oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux

debian linuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique

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References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000860

distro.conectiva.com.br

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109508872524753&w=2

marc.info

http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2004-002-dblfree.txt

web.mit.edu

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