CVE-2007-5894

highpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.027 · 86 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.69% (86th) EPSS
CVSS 9.3 · high
Is it mine?
2 products
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Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The reply function in ftpd.c in the gssftp ftpd in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) does not initialize the length variable when auth_type has a certain value, which has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors. NOTE: the original disclosure misidentifies the conditions under which the uninitialized variable is used. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating " The 'length' variable is only uninitialized if 'auth_type' is neither the 'KERBEROS_V4' nor 'GSSAPI'; this condition cannot occur in the unmodified source code.

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cvss

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9.3
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10
v2.07.9highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

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CWE-20USLLM-inferredCWE-457USLLM-inferred
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affected products (2)

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also known as (2)

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sources

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enisa_euvdnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2007-12-06modified 2026-06-16
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references (24)

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