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CVE-2014-2015
Stack-based buffer overflow in the normify function in the rlm_pap module (modules/rlm_pap/rlm_pap.c) in FreeRADIUS 2.x, possibly 2.2.3…
High7.5EPSS 3.9%
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- mitre
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the normify function in the rlm_pap module (modules/rlm_pap/rlm_pap.c) in FreeRADIUS 2.x, possibly 2.2.3 and earlier, and 3.x, possibly 3.0.1 and earlier, might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long password hash, as demonstrated by an SSHA hash.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.7% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (8)
- [freebsd-bugbusters] 20140214 freeradius denial of service in authentication flow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140216 Re: CVE request: freeradius denial of service in rlm_pap hash processing (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1287 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [freebsd-bugbusters] 20140213 freeradius denial of service in authentication flow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-2122-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [freebsd-bugbusters] 20140212 freeradius denial of service in authentication flow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 65581 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066761 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .