CVE-2014-4343

high
Published 2014-08-14 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.6
VIR risk
7.6

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4343

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/f18ddf5d82de0ab7591a36e465bc24225776940f

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.12.1+dfsg-5
debian debianbullseyefixed1.12.1+dfsg-5
debian debianforkyfixed1.12.1+dfsg-5
debian debiansidfixed1.12.1+dfsg-5
debian debiantrixiefixed1.12.1+dfsg-5
redhat rhel7.0affected
debian debian7.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mitkerberos_51.10
mitkerberos_51.10.1
mitkerberos_51.10.2
mitkerberos_51.10.3
mitkerberos_51.10.4
mitkerberos_51.11
mitkerberos_51.11.1
mitkerberos_51.11.2
mitkerberos_51.11.3
mitkerberos_51.11.4
mitkerberos_51.11.5
mitkerberos_51.12
mitkerberos_51.12.1

References

CWEs

CWE-415

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.