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CVE-2014-2015

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-2015 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the normify function of the rlm_pap module in FreeRADIUS versions 2.x and 3.x. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a long password hash, such as an SSHA hash. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity. While no public exploits like Metasploit or ExploitDB are available, and it is not on the KEV catalog, there has been minimal community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0391 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: freeradius-0:2.2.6-4.el6
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: freeradius2

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-2015Moderate

freeradius: stack-based buffer overflow flaw in rlm_pap module

Feb 12, 2014

References

lists.freebsd.org / pipermail/freebsd-bugbusters/2014-February/000610.html
Exploit
lists.freebsd.org / pipermail/freebsd-bugbusters/2014-February/000612.html
lists.freebsd.org / pipermail/freebsd-bugbusters/2014-February/000616.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1287.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-2122-1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/02/18/3
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/65581