CVE-2015-7853
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 39.6%Published: 8/7/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7853
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.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/ntpfrom 0, < 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |