CVE-2004-0434
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 7.2% (pctl 94)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
k5admind (kadmind) for Heimdal allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Kerberos 4 compatibility administration request whose framing length is less than 2, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 7.16% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-131 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2004-07-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| heimdal project | heimdal |
References
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:09.kadmind.asc
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/020998.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108386148126457&w=2
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-23.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-504
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16071
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:09.kadmind.asc
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/020998.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108386148126457&w=2
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-23.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-504
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16071
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