Is CVE-2007-5972 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2007-5972 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2007-5972?

CVE-2007-5972 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2007-5972?

CVE-2007-5972 has an EPSS score of 2.68% (84th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5972?

Upgrade krb5 on debian 11 to 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2007-5972

HIGHEPSS 84th pctl

9.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Double free vulnerability in the krb5_def_store_mkey function in lib/kdb/kdb_default.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.5 has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors. NOTE: the free operations occur in code that stores the krb5kdc master key, and so the attacker must have privileges to store this key.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

krb5Debian

Fixed in:1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-1CVE-2007-5972

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

2.68%probability of exploitation in 30 days

84thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

secunia.com

Other references12

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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.