CVE-2022-39028 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability affecting telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.3, MIT krb5-appl through 1.0.3, and derivative works. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity to cause a denial of service (DoS) by crashing the telnetd application. While not actively exploited (no KEV, Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB entries), repeated crashes can lead to the telnet service becoming unavailable. There is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 0.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netkit-telnet_project:netkit-telnet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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