{
    "id": "CVE-2011-0285",
    "published": "2011-04-15 00:55:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:27:09",
    "cvss_score": "10.0",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-20",
    "description": "The process_chpw_request function in schpw.c in the password-changing functionality in kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.7 through 1.9 frees an invalid pointer, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted request that triggers an error condition.",
    "epss_score": "0.20765",
    "epss_percentile": "0.97467",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 18:17:09",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "mit",
            "product": "kerberos_5"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "35606",
            "title": "MIT Kerberos 5 - kadmind Change Password Feature Remote Code Execution",
            "date": "2011-04-11",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35606"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=621726",
        "http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=6899",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058181.html",
        "http://osvdb.org/71789",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/44125",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/44181",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/44196",
        "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8200",
        "http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-004.txt",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:077",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0447.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517484/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47310",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025320",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0936",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0986",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0997",
        "https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086843",
        "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=621726",
        "http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=6899",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058181.html",
        "http://osvdb.org/71789",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/44125",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/44181",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/44196"
    ]
}