CVE-2015-7848

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

An integer overflow can occur in NTP-dev.4.3.70 leading to an out-of-bounds memory copy operation when processing a specially crafted private mode packet. The crafted packet needs to have the correct message authentication code and a valid timestamp. When processed by the NTP daemon, it leads to an immediate crash.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7848

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbullseyefixed1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.