CVE-2014-4344

high
Published 2014-08-14 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.8
VIR risk
7.8

Description

The acc_ctx_cont function in the SPNEGO acceptor in lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.5.x through 1.12.x before 1.12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via an empty continuation token at a certain point during a SPNEGO negotiation.

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-2014-4344

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/a7886f0ed1277c69142b14a2c6629175a6331edc

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-476

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