CVE-2004-0772

highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.070 · 94 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

6.99% (94th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd · redhat_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Double free vulnerabilities in error handling code in krb524d for MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.8 and earlier may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedRed Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:052
FixedRed Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:052
FixedRed Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:052
FixedRed Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:052

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-415USprimary

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
debian debian linux= 3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mit kerberos 5≤ 1.2.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openpkg openpkg= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openpkg:openpkg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openpkg openpkg= 2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openpkg:openpkg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 all versionsfixedredhat_csafUScpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1all versionsfixedredhat_csafUScpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1all versionsfixedredhat_csafUScpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1all versionsfixedredhat_csafUScpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2003:052Red Hat Security Advisory: krb5 security update2003-03-27csaf · redhat_csafUS
Updated kerberos packages fix a number of vulnerabilities found in MIT Kerberos.

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2004-10-20modified 2026-06-16

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references (24)

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