High severity · published Mar 27, 2023
CVE-2022-3116
The Heimdal Software Kerberos 5 implementation is vulnerable to a null pointer dereferance
7.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HE
Heimdal · Heimdal Project
through 7.7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3116
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3116
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230505-0010/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/730793
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