CVE-2021-44758 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Heimdal before 7.7.1 allows attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference in a SPNEGO acceptor via a preferred_mech_type of GSS_C_NO_OID and a nonzero initial_response value to send_accept.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00334.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Heimdal Project	Heimdal

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:heimdal_project:heimdal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3206-1	heimdal security update
Debian DSA	DSA-5287-1	heimdal security update
EUVD	EUVD-2021-31573	Heimdal before 7.7.1 allows attackers to cause a NULL pointer dereference in a SPNEGO acceptor via a preferred_mech_type of GSS_C_NO_OID and a nonzero initial_response value to send_accept.
Ubuntu USN	USN-5800-1	Heimdal vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/f9ec7002cdd526ae84fbacbf153162e118f22580
https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/security/advisories/GHSA-69h9-669w-88xv
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-06

History

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-12-26T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-14T15:57:20.775Z

Reserved: 2021-12-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-44758

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T04:32:13.136Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-26T05:15:10.503

Modified: 2025-04-14T16:15:18.003

Link: CVE-2021-44758

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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