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CVE-2017-10984

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-10984 is a critical write overflow vulnerability (FR-GV-301) in FreeRADIUS 3.x before version 3.0.15, affecting the "data2vp_wimax()" function. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by crashing the daemon or potentially execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently unavailable, and community discussion is limited, though it has received some media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0607 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: freeradius-0:3.0.13-8.el7_4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-10984Important

freeradius: Out-of-bounds write in data2vp_wimax()

Jul 17, 2017

References

freeradius.org / security/fuzzer-2017.html
PatchVendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2389
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3930
securityfocus.com / bid/99876