What is CVE-2017-10984?

CVE-2017-10984 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Freeradius, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-10984?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-10984 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Freeradius

CVE-2017-10984

An FR-GV-301 issue in FreeRADIUS 3.x before 3.0.15 allows "Write overflow in data2vp_wimax()" - this allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-07-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.064 (93.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.061 · newest: 0.064 · change: +0.003

Affected products

Freeradius — versions 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3930 (vendor-advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2389 (vendor-advisory)
freeradius.org/security/fuzzer-2017.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/99876 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-10984?: CVE-2017-10984 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Freeradius, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-10984?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-10984 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.