Is CVE-2007-1216 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2007-1216 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2007-1216?

CVE-2007-1216 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2007-1216?

CVE-2007-1216 has an EPSS score of 9.88% (95th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2007-1216?

Upgrade krb5 on debian 11 to 1.4.4-8 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2007-1216

HIGHEPSS 95th pctl

9.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Double free vulnerability in the GSS-API library (lib/gssapi/krb5/k5unseal.c), as used by the Kerberos administration daemon (kadmind) in MIT krb5 before 1.6.1, when used with the authentication method provided by the RPCSEC_GSS RPC library, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code and modify the Kerberos key database via a message with an "an invalid direction encoding".

CWE-415

How to fix

Remediation Available

krb5Debian

Fixed in:1.4.4-8CVE-2007-1216

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

9.88%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.