Double Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package krb5  (opens in a new tab)


Threat Intelligence

EPSS
22.64% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-KRB5-10078732
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed20 Mar 2011
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Mar 2011

CVE-2011-0284  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Double Free. Double free vulnerability in the prepare_error_as function in do_as_req.c in the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 through 1.9, when the PKINIT feature is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an e_data field containing typed data.