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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-7853

The datalen parameter in the refclock driver in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via a negative input value.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 11.8%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.8%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The datalen parameter in the refclock driver in NTP 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via a negative input value.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
11.78% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-120
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.