What is CVE-2015-8762?

CVE-2015-8762 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freeradius, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2015-8762?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Freeradius

CVE-2015-8762

The EAP-PWD module in FreeRADIUS 3.0 through 3.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and server crash) via a zero-length EAP-PWD packet.

EPSS: 0.016 (73.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Freeradius — versions 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Not Applicable)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8762?: CVE-2015-8762 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freeradius, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2015-8762?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.