CVE-2022-3116

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Published Mar 27, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

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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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.892% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

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

History

Feb 24, 2025 7:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

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

Subscriptions

Heimdal Project Heimdal

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Sources

CVE record Updated: Feb 24, 2025, 7:11 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: Mar 27, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Feb 24, 2025, 7:11 PM
Reserved: Sep 2, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 1:00 AM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 1:00 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:58 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 27, 2023, 10:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:58 AM

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