CVE-2025-24528 (GCVE-0-2025-24528)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-16 00:00 – Updated: 2026-01-16 18:06
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.22 (with incremental propagation), there is an integer overflow for a large update size to resize() in kdb_log.c. An authenticated attacker can cause an out-of-bounds write and kadmind daemon crash.
Severity
7.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-16 17:39 UTC
CWE
- CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIT | Kerberos 5 |
Affected:
1.7 , < 1.22
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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