CVE-2017-10979
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 7% (pctl 94)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
An FR-GV-202 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 allows "Write overflow in rad_coalesce()" - this allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 7.04% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-07-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| freeradius | freeradius |
References
- http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99901
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038914
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1759
- http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99901
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038914
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1759
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