{"cve":"CVE-2014-5355","nvd":{"published":"2015-02-20T11:59:00.060","modified":"2026-06-17T00:11:26.073","status":"Modified","description":"MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.13.1 incorrectly expects that a krb5_read_message data field is represented as a string ending with a '\\0' character, which allows remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a zero-byte version string or (2) cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by omitting the '\\0' character, related to appl/user_user/server.c and lib/krb5/krb/recvauth.c.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=8050","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00061.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0794.html","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:069","http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html"],"products":["mit:kerberos_5"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:35:35.528235705+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-5355","score":0.04587,"percentile":0.91646,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}