CVE-2003-0072

The Key Distribution Center (KDC) in Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.7 and earlier allows remote, authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) on KDCs within the same realm using a certain protocol request that causes an out-of-bounds read of an array (aka "array overrun").

Published: 2003-04-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0072 is rated Moderate Risk (46.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.27%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0072

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 2.17% 1.27% -0.89%
2 2025-03-29 1.33% 2.17% +0.83%
3 2024-12-17 — 1.33% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0072

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0072

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0072

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0072 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (krb5), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0072
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0072
ubuntu medium CVE-2003-0072 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (krb5), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2003-0072

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0072

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mit kerberos 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mit kerberos 1.2.2.beta1 cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:1.2.2.beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mit kerberos_5 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mit kerberos_5 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mit kerberos_5 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mit kerberos_5 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mit kerberos_5 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mit kerberos_5 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mit kerberos_5 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mit kerberos_5 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mit kerberos_5 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mit kerberos_5 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mit kerberos_5 1.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mit kerberos_5 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.3:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0072

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