What is CVE-2015-8764?

CVE-2015-8764 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freeradius, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2015-8764?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Freeradius

CVE-2015-8764

Off-by-one error in the EAP-PWD module in FreeRADIUS 3.0 through 3.0.8, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.011 (61.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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-2015-8764?: CVE-2015-8764 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freeradius, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2015-8764?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.