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CVE-2008-0947

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 8.83%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-03-19 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 10.0. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2008-0947
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
10
EPSS
8.83%

Original NVD Description

Buffer overflow in the RPC library used by libgssrpc and kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.4 through 1.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering a large number of open file descriptors.