CVE-2022-3116 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Heimdal Software Kerberos 5 implementation is vulnerable to a null pointer dereferance. An attacker with network access to an application that depends on the vulnerable code path can cause the application to crash.

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 0.00105.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

Heimdal Software Kerberos

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Heimdal Software Kerberos 5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Heimdal Project Subscribe	Heimdal Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-42543	The Heimdal Software Kerberos 5 implementation is vulnerable to a null pointer dereferance. An attacker with network access to an application that depends on the vulnerable code path can cause the application to crash.
Ubuntu USN	USN-5675-1	Heimdal vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230505-0010/
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/730793

History

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2023-03-27T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-24T19:11:43.894Z

Reserved: 2022-09-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3116

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:00:10.521Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-27T22:15:11.987

Modified: 2025-02-24T19:15:12.707

Link: CVE-2022-3116

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-476

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