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CVE-2007-5894

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5894 describes an uninitialized variable vulnerability in the ftpd.c reply function of the gssftp ftpd component within MIT Kerberos 5. This flaw, potentially leading to remote authenticated attacks with unknown impact, is disputed by the vendor who states the condition for the uninitialized variable cannot occur in unmodified source code. Despite the vendor's dispute, the vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0268 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5894Low

krb5: ftpd - use of uninitialized variables

Nov 14, 2007

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
osvdb.org / 44333
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
secunia.com / advisories/28636
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29457
Vendor Advisory
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-2012
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0112
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/489883/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/26750