CVE-2015-8630
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—
The (1) kadm5_create_principal_3 and (2) kadm5_modify_principal functions in lib/kadm5/srv/svr_principal.c in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.4 and 1.14.x before 1.14.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) by specifying KADM5_POLICY with a NULL policy name.
CVSS
- Version: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Base score: 7.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.29%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 91
- Score date: 10/6/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8342
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034915
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/b863de7fbf080b15e347a736fdda0a82d42f4f6b
- http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8342
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00059.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00110.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0532.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3466
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034915
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/b863de7fbf080b15e347a736fdda0a82d42f4f6b
Raw JSON (NVD)
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