Is CVE-2008-0062 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-0062 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-0062?

CVE-2008-0062 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-0062?

CVE-2008-0062 has an EPSS score of 10.14% (95th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0062?

Upgrade krb5 on debian 11 to 1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-4 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-0062

CRITICALEPSS 95th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

KDC in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5kdc) does not set a global variable for some krb4 message types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted messages that trigger a NULL pointer dereference or double-free.

CWE-665

How to fix

Remediation Available

krb5Debian

Fixed in:1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-4CVE-2008-0062

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

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

10.14%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

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

References

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CVE-2022-46164	Critical	9.4	49%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-37128	Critical	9.8	21%	-	-
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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.