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CVE-2016-3119

39
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3119 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the LDAP KDB module of kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 versions through 1.13.4 and 1.14.x through 1.14.1, affecting products like openSUSE. A remote authenticated user can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash by sending a crafted request to modify a principal. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability requires authenticated access and has high attack complexity, leading to a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
39.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3997 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 1,424 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: krb5-0:1.14.1-26.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: krb5
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: krb5

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-3119Low

krb5: null pointer dereference in kadmin

Mar 14, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00007.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00055.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2591.html
github.com / krb5/krb5/commit/08c642c09c38a9c6454ab43a9b53b2a89b9eef99
Patch
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00040.html
securityfocus.com / bid/85392
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1035399
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry