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CVE-2005-1455

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1455 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the sql_escape_func function within the SQL module of FreeRADIUS versions 1.0.2 and earlier. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by crashing the server. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0252 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 3Fixed in: freeradius-0:1.0.1-1.1.RHEL3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: freeradius-0:1.0.1-3.RHEL4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-1455Moderate

security flaw

May 4, 2005

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/20450
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9579
derkeiler.com / Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2005-05/0492.html
freeradius.org / security.html
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-13.xml
Patch
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_14_sr.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-524.html
securityfocus.com / bid/13541
Patch
securitytracker.com / alerts/2005/May/1013909.html