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CVE-2021-44758 (GCVE-0-2021-44758)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-26 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-14 15:57
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-14 15:56 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
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