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CVE-2005-4744

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4744 describes an off-by-one error in the sql_error function within FreeRADIUS versions 1.0.2.5-5 and potentially 1.0.4. This vulnerability could allow remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by causing an external database query to fail. The CVSS score of 6.4 indicates a moderate severity, with a low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0438 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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-0:1.0.1-2.RHEL3.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: freeradius-0:1.0.1-3.RHEL4.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-4744Low

security flaw

Sep 9, 2005

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2006-0271.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/16712
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19497
secunia.com / advisories/19518
secunia.com / advisories/19811
secunia.com / advisories/20461
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/22211
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10449
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1089
freeradius.org / security/20050909-response-to-suse.txt
freeradius.org / security/20050909-vendor-sec.txt
wwwnew.mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/14775
Patch