# CVE-2014-5352: Use after free in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted GSSAPI traffic due to improper handle maintenance in MIT Kerberos.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Feb 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5352, GHSA-vmgh-h88m-58mj, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5352

## What is CVE-2014-5352?

CVE-2014-5352 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5, published on 19 Feb 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The krb5_gss_process_context_token function in lib/gssapi/krb5/process_context_token.c in the libgssapi_krb5 library in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) through 1.11.5, 1.12.x through 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 does not properly maintain security-context handles, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and double free, and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted GSSAPI traffic, as demonstrated by traffic to kadmind.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5352?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mit Kerberos 5.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-5352?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2014-5352 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5352 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mit Kerberos 5

- [CVE-2011-0285](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0285/): Use after free in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-0947](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0947/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-5902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5902/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-4743](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4743/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-3999](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3999/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-5352 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-5352 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Mit Kerberos 5, published on 19 Feb 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5352 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mit Kerberos 5. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5352/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5352/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5352
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5352
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-5352

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5352/
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