CVE-2015-7852

ntp: ntpq atoascii memory corruption vulnerability

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · October 21, 2015

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

An off-by-one flaw, leading to a buffer overflow, was found in cookedprint functionality of ntpq. A specially crafted NTP packet could potentially cause ntpq to crash.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-193 · Off-by-one Error