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CVE-2007-5901

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5901 describes a use-after-free vulnerability within the gss_indicate_mechs function of MIT Kerberos 5, affecting various Apple and MIT Kerberos 5 products. With a CVSS score of 6.9 (High), this vulnerability has a local attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely targeted threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.6.3_kdcCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0047 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 1,595 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, 0.0 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 0.0 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 5Fixed in: krb5-0:1.6.1-17.el5_1.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5901Low

krb5: use-after-free in gssapi lib

Nov 14, 2007

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
docs.info.apple.com / article.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
osvdb.org / 43346
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0176.html
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2007/Dec/0321.html
secunia.com / advisories/29451
secunia.com / advisories/29464
secunia.com / advisories/29516
secunia.com / advisories/39290
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200803-31.xml
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-2012
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11451
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00537.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00544.html
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-924-1
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0164.html
securityfocus.com / bid/26750
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0924/references