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CVE-2005-1174

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1174 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting MIT Kerberos 5 KDC versions 1.3 through 1.4.1. A remote attacker can crash the application by sending a specially crafted, valid TCP connection that triggers a free of unallocated memory. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0522 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: krb5-0:1.3.4-17
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-1174Important

security flaw

Jul 12, 2005

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20050703-01-U.asc
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/16041
secunia.com / advisories/17899
secunia.com / advisories/20364
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/21327
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10229
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A397
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
usn.ubuntu.com / 224-1
web.mit.edu / kerberos/advisories/2005-002-patch_1.4.1.txt
Patch
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-757
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/259798
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_17_sr.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-567.html
securityfocus.com / bid/14240
trustix.org / errata/2005/0036
turbolinux.com / security/2005/TLSA-2005-78.txt
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/1066
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2074