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CVE-2017-10987

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-10987 is a denial-of-service vulnerability (FR-GV-304) affecting FreeRADIUS 3.x versions prior to 3.0.15, specifically due to a buffer over-read in the fr_dhcp_decode_suboptions() function. This issue carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

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

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0282 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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 (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-2017-10987Moderate

freeradius: Buffer over-read in fr_dhcp_decode_suboptions()

Jul 17, 2017

References

freeradius.org / security/fuzzer-2017.html
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2389
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3930
securityfocus.com / bid/99970