CVE-2015-1822 describes an uninitialized pointer dereference vulnerability in chrony versions prior to 1.31.1, affecting Debian and TuxFamily chrony implementations. An authenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending numerous command requests, leading to a denial of service (daemon crash) or potentially arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 6.5, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tuxfamily:chrony:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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