What is CVE-2022-41861?

CVE-2022-41861 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freeradius, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-01-17.

How severe is CVE-2022-41861?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-41861 known to be exploited?

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

Resource exhaustion in Freeradius

CVE-2022-41861

A flaw was found in freeradius. A malicious RADIUS client or home server can send a malformed abinary attribute which can cause the server to crash.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.011 (62.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Freeradius
N/a Freeradius — versions All versions from 0.0.1 to 3.0.25

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41861?: CVE-2022-41861 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freeradius, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-01-17.
How severe is CVE-2022-41861?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-41861 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.