CRITICAL
freeradius: Out-of-bounds write in rad_coalesce()
Published Jul 17, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 7.04%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.4
- 2.1.6
- 2.1.7
- 2.1.8
- 2.1.9
- 2.1.10
- 2.1.11
- 2.1.12
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.5
- 2.2.6
- 2.2.7
- 2.2.8
- 2.2.9
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
freeradius-0:2.2.6-7.el6_9
Fixed · RHSA-2017:1759
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
freeradius
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
freeradius2
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
freeradius
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | freeradius-0:2.2.6-7.el6_9 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:1759 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | freeradius | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | freeradius2 | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | freeradius | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
8.1 HIGH Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
7.04% 0.07043
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.07043
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (25 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 7.04% (0.07043) | 94.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 6.98% (0.06983) | 93.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 22.20% (0.22202) | 97.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 19.92% (0.19916) | 95.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 20, 2026 | 30.22% (0.30218) | 96.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 24, 2025 | 25.82% (0.25821) | 96.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 14, 2025 | 16.57% (0.16573) | 94.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 13, 2025 | 15.43% (0.15435) | 94.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 15, 2025 | 24.09% (0.24088) | 95.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 27.67% (0.27666) | 96.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 41.00% (0.40999) | 96.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 27.67% (0.27666) | 96.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 16.10% (0.16104) | 95.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 27, 2023 | 24.47% (0.24469) | 95.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 27, 2023 | 27.79% (0.27790) | 96.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 34.38% (0.34384) | 96.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 8.32% (0.08319) | 93.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.79% (0.03795) | 85.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 13, 2022 | 3.79% (0.03795) | 84.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.69% (0.03693) | 83.51th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.69% (0.03693) | 66.67th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 3.38% (0.03375) | 66.63th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 3.38% (0.03375) | 66.31th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 3.38% (0.03375) | 81.66th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 3.38% (0.03375) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99901 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038914 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1759 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10979 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468490 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10979
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10979
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99901 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038914 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1759 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10979 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468490 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10979 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10979 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 17, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jul 6, 2017
Link CVE-2017-10979
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a