01 Record
CVE-2007-5939
The gss_userok function in appl/ftp/ftpd/gss_userok.c in Heimdal 0.7.2 does not allocate memory for the ticketfile pointer before calling free, which allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The gss_userok function in appl/ftp/ftpd/gss_userok.c in Heimdal 0.7.2 does not allocate memory for the ticketfile pointer before calling free, which allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact
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
- 3.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- 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
- 2007-12-06 15:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-11-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7469c2c03c56804e47996f39ef43493cb9f108c70de1ba2c95c36cc4f7021886
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- securitytracker.com1019057http://securitytracker.com/id?1019057
- osvdb.org44750http://osvdb.org/44750
- www.securityfocus.com26758http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26758
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199207
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:239http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:239
- marc.info20071207 Heimdal ftpd uninitialized vulnerabilityhttp://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119704362903699&w=2