Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Jan 30, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2015-7975
CVE-2015-7975
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).
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
20- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00059.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00060.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00020.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00038.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00048.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00026.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00042.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00114.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2937nvdVendor Advisory
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160127-ntpdnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/81959nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034782nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3096-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa113nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718152nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/displaynvd
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/displaynvd
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp.ascnvd
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171031-0001/nvd
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