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HistoryJul 22, 2021 - 5:28 p.m.

CVE-2021-36222

2021-07-2217:28:47
mitre
www.cve.org
6
mit kerberos 5
kdc
ec_verify
remote attack
null pointer dereference
daemon crash

AI Score

7.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.008

Percentile

82.5%

ec_verify in kdc/kdc_preauth_ec.c in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.18.4 and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 allows remote attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash. This occurs because a return value is not properly managed in a certain situation.