CVE-2004-0434
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-05-12 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-05-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-131Incorrect Calculation of Buffer SizeBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9d111dc8f08a57b911c78d201f6c822bfdd90d52f3e26cab94164daab63324d7
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comheimdal-kadmind-bo(16071)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16071
- www.debian.orgDSA-504http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-504
- lists.grok.org.uk20040506 Advisory: Heimdal kadmind version4 remote heap overflowhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/020998.html
- marc.info20040505 Advisory: Heimdal kadmind version4 remote heap overflowhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108386148126457&w=2
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200405-23http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-23.xml
- ftp.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-04:09ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:09.kadmind.asc
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- heimdal Fixed in 0.6.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- heimdal Fixed in 0.6.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- heimdal Fixed in 0.6.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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