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% (95th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2007-2442

HIGHEPSS 95th 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

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

11.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

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

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02257427
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
http://osvdb.org/36596
http://secunia.com/advisories/25800
http://secunia.com/advisories/25801
http://secunia.com/advisories/25814
http://secunia.com/advisories/25821
http://secunia.com/advisories/25841
http://secunia.com/advisories/25870
http://secunia.com/advisories/25888
http://secunia.com/advisories/25890
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894
http://secunia.com/advisories/25911
http://secunia.com/advisories/26033
http://secunia.com/advisories/26228
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
http://secunia.com/advisories/40346
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xml
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102914-1
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2007-004.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1323
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/356961
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:137
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_38_krb5.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0384.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0562.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472288/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472432/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/472507/30/5970/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24655
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018293
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0021/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-477-1
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-177A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2337
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2354
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2491
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1574
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35082
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1499
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10631
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7344

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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.