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CVE-2022-3116

The Heimdal Software Kerberos 5 implementation is vulnerable to a null pointer dereferance. An...

7.5 HighFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.89%Up 0.8 points since Mar 28, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2022-3116
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2022-3116
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-42543 7.5

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.

Record
EUVD-2022-42543
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c662-3p6q-p5c7 7.5

The Heimdal Software Kerberos 5 implementation is vulnerable to a null pointer dereferance. An...

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.

Record
GHSA-c662-3p6q-p5c7
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-43894 7.5

CVE-2022-3116 affecting package samba 4.12.5-7

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.

Record
AZL-43894
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-45258 7.5

CVE-2022-3116 affecting package samba for versions less than 4.18.3-1

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.

Record
AZL-45258
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSV 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2022-3116
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-476
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-3116 7.5

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3116
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2022-0395 No score

Updated heimdal packages fix security vulnerability

Heimdal was not properly handling logical conditions that related to memory management operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-3116)

Record
MGASA-2022-0395
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-5675-1 No score

heimdal vulnerabilities

Isaac Boukris and Andrew Bartlett discovered that Heimdal's KDC was not properly performing checksum algorithm verifications in the S4U2Self extension module. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack and request S4U2Self tickets for any user known by the application. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-16860)

It was discovered that Heimdal was not properly handling the verification of key exchanges when an anonymous PKINIT was being used. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack and expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-12098)

Joseph Sutton discovered that Heimdal was not properly handling memory management operations when dealing with TGS-REQ tickets that were missing information. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3671)

Michał Kępień discovered that Heimdal was not properly handling logical conditions that related to memory management operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-3116)

Record
USN-5675-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
samba
Azure Linux:2
through 4.12.5-7 None known
samba
Azure Linux:3
before 4.18.3-1
4.18.3-1
heimdal
Mageia:8
before 7.7.0-5.2.mga8
7.7.0-5.2.mga8
heimdal
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
before 1.6~git20131207+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2+esm1, plus listed versions
1.6~git20120403+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.11.6~git20120403+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.21.6~git20131207+dfsg-1ubuntu11.6~git20131207+dfsg-1ubuntu1.11.6~git20131207+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2
1.6~git20131207+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2+esm1
heimdal
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
before 1.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.04.1+esm1, plus listed versions
1.6~rc2+dfsg-10ubuntu11.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu11.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.04.1
1.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.04.1+esm1
heimdal
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
before 7.5.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
7.4.0.dfsg.1-27.5.0+dfsg-1
7.5.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
heimdal
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
before 7.7.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1, plus listed versions
7.5.0+dfsg-3build17.7.0+dfsg-17.7.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1
7.7.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
heimdal
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
7.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu27.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu1
None known
heimdal
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
7.8.git20221117.28daf24+dfsg-3ubuntu17.8.git20221117.28daf24+dfsg-3ubuntu27.8.git20221117.28daf24+dfsg-3ubuntu37.8.git20221117.28daf24+dfsg-3ubuntu47.8.git20221117.28daf24+dfsg-4ubuntu17.8.git20221117.28daf24+dfsg-5ubuntu27.8.git20221117.28daf24+dfsg-5ubuntu3
None known
heimdal
Ubuntu:25.10
All versions, plus listed versions
7.8.git20221117.28daf24+dfsg-9ubuntu1
None known
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
heimdal
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
7.8.git20221117.28daf24+dfsg-11ubuntu17.8.git20221117.28daf24+dfsg-12ubuntu17.8.git20240113.1b4565a+dfsg-1ubuntu17.8.git20240113.1b4565a+dfsg-1ubuntu27.8.git20240113.1b4565a+dfsg-2ubuntu1
None known
heimdal
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
7.8.git20221117.28daf24+dfsg-9ubuntu17.8.git20221117.28daf24+dfsg-10ubuntu17.8.git20221117.28daf24+dfsg-11ubuntu1
None known
heimdal
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1.6~git20131207+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2+esm1, plus listed versions
1.6~git20120403+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.11.6~git20120403+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.21.6~git20131207+dfsg-1ubuntu11.6~git20131207+dfsg-1ubuntu1.11.6~git20131207+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2
1.6~git20131207+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2+esm1
heimdal
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.04.1+esm1, plus listed versions
1.6~rc2+dfsg-10ubuntu11.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu11.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.04.1
1.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.04.1+esm1
heimdal
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 7.5.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
7.4.0.dfsg.1-27.5.0+dfsg-1
7.5.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
heimdal
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 7.7.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1, plus listed versions
7.5.0+dfsg-3build17.7.0+dfsg-17.7.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1
7.7.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-3116 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Heimdal Project Heimdal, published October 7, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.89%, the 59th percentile. Fixed in samba 4.18.3-1.

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