HIGH
freeradius: Memory leak in fr_dhcp_decode()
Published Jul 17, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.37%
Description
An FR-GV-204 issue in FreeRADIUS 2.x before 2.2.10 allows "DHCP - Memory leak in fr_dhcp_decode()" and a denial of service.
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
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
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
5.9 MEDIUM Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.37% 0.03368
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03368
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 (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.37% (0.03368) | 88.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.57% (0.02575) | 83.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.85% (0.01855) | 81.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.02% (0.04024) | 80.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.85% (0.01855) | 81.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00361) | 73.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00361) | 71.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.36% (0.00361) | 68.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00384) | 68.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01550) | 33.66th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01550) | 32.96th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.55% (0.01550) | 73.01th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.55% (0.01550) | 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/99898 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-2017-10981 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468495 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10981
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10981
| 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/99898 | 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-2017-10981 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468495 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10981 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10981 |
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-2017-10981
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a