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CVE-2017-10979
An FR-GV-202 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 allows "Write overflow in rad_coalesce()" - this allows remote attackers to cause a…
Critical9.8EPSS 7.0%
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Description
An FR-GV-202 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 allows "Write overflow in rad_coalesce()" - this allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.0% · top 5.8% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 1038914 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1759 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3930 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 99901 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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