CVE-2021-44758
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.013 · 71 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Heimdal before 7.7.1 allows attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference in a SPNEGO acceptor via a preferred_mech_type of GSS_C_NO_OID and a nonzero initial_response value to send_accept.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (37)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2022-2057Heimdal: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-11-15csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Heimdal, Samba, MIT Kerberos und FreeBSD Project FreeBSD OS ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, und um beliebigen Code auszuführen.
- WID-SEC-W-2022-2372genua genugate: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-12-19csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann einige der mehreren Schwachstellen in Komponenten von Drittanbietern ausnutzen, die von genua genugate verwendet werden, um Informationen offenzulegen und potentiell weitere, unbekannte Auswirkungen zu erzielen.
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (18)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2021-44758/cnnvd
- https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/f9ec7002cdd526ae84fbacbf153162e118f22580cnnvd
- https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/releases/tag/heimdal-7.7.1Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/security/advisories/GHSA-69h9-669w-88xvcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169995/Debian-Security-Advisory-5287-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170509/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-5800-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-06cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Heimdal-three-vulnerabilities-39922cnnvd
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