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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.