CVE•Published 2007-06-26•Modified 2026-04-23•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2007-2442Mit · Kerberos_5
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
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EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2007-06-26
Modified 2026-04-23
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2007-2442Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Mit Kerberos 5"All exposed Mit Kerberos 5 instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Kerberos 5"HTTP body or banner mentions "Kerberos 5" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2007-2442Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2007-2442Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2007-2442Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2007-2442GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2007-2442" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (4)
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