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Case File

CVE-2015-2697

MEDIUM · CVSS 4 EPSS 4.13% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2015-11-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2015-2697
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4
EPSS
4.13%

Original NVD Description

The build_principal_va function in lib/krb5/krb/bld_princ.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.14 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and KDC crash) via an initial '\0' character in a long realm field within a TGS request.