Is CVE-2007-2442 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2007-2442 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2007-2442?

CVE-2007-2442 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2007-2442?

CVE-2007-2442 has an EPSS score of 11.38% (96th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2007-2442?

Upgrade krb5 on debian 11 to 1.6.dfsg.1-5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2007-2442

HIGHEPSS 96th pctl

10.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The gssrpc__svcauth_gssapi function in the RPC library in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.6.1 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a zero-length RPC credential, which causes kadmind to free an uninitialized pointer during cleanup.

CWE-824

How to fix

Remediation Available

krb5Debian

Fixed in:1.6.dfsg.1-5CVE-2007-2442

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CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

11.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

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