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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-7849

Use-after-free vulnerability in ntpd in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote authenticated users to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted packets.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 16.8%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.8%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in ntpd in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote authenticated users to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted packets.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
16.85% probability · 97th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
ntp/ntp · netapp/oncommand balance · netapp/oncommand performance manager · netapp/oncommand unified manager · netapp/clustered data ontap · netapp/data ontap
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.