The issue is related to memory corruption that can be triggered when decoding UTF16 strings. The variable `outlen` was not initialized, which could cause writing a zero to an arbitrary place in memory if `ntlm str convert()` fails, leaving `outlen` uninitialized. This can lead to a denial of service if the write hits unmapped memory or randomly corrupts a byte in the application memory space. The vulnerability can trigger an out-of-bounds write, leading to memory corruption, and can be triggered via the main `gss accept sec context` entry point.