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CVE-2015-7975
The nextvar function in NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 does not properly validate the length of its input, which allows an…
Medium6.2EPSS 0.63%
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Description
The nextvar function in NTP before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 does not properly validate the length of its input, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (application crash).
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.63% · top 50% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (20)
- 20160120 Multiple Vulnerabilities in Network Time Protocol Daemon Affecting Cisco Products - January 2016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
- USN-3096-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1177 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03766en_us (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 81959 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1912 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1034782 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1292 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- VU#718152 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1247 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03750en_us (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171031-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1311 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2094 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1175 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2937 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FreeBSD-SA-16:09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa113 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1423 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-201607-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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