CVE-2014-5354

plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.1, when the KDC uses LDAP, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) by creating a database entry for a keyless principal, as demonstrated by a kadmin "add_principal -nokey" or "purgekeys -all" command.

Published: 2014-12-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-5354 is rated Moderate Risk (41.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.74%). EPSS rose +1.20% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5354

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 2026-06-15 0.54% 1.74% +1.20%
2 2025-11-09 0.56% 0.54% -0.02%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.56% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5354

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-5354

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-5354

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-5354 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-2014-5354
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5354
suse low CVE-2014-5354 severity low: SUSE including 389 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 611 product×package rows across 74 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, … (74 product lines)): Fixed 338, Known Affected 157, Known Not Affected 116. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5354/
ubuntu low CVE-2014-5354 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (krb5), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5354

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-5354

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html">CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5354

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mit kerberos 5_1.13 cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos:5_1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mit kerberos_5 1.12 cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mit kerberos_5 1.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mit kerberos_5 1.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5354

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