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CVE-2015-7853

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 11.8% (pctl 96)

Patch early

EPSS 11.8% — above the 10% action threshold.

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.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS11.78% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-120
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2017-08-07
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (6)

VendorProduct
netappclustered data ontap
netappdata ontap
netapponcommand balance
netapponcommand performance manager
netapponcommand unified manager
ntpntp

References

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