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CVE-2017-10984

Published: Jul 17, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-787
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
18.3%
Top 3.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

An FR-GV-301 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Write overflow in data2vp_wimax()" - this allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected Products

freeradiusfreeradius
On-prem
Security Products / identity-access-mgmt
n/an/a
freeradiusoss-projectSecurity Productsaka radius, pam radius

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html
freeradius.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930
debian.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99876
securityfocus.com
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Timeline

Published
Jul 17, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026

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