chrony: uninitialized pointer in cmdmon reply slots
Published Apr 16, 2015
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.94%
Description
chrony before 1.31.1 does not initialize the last "next" pointer when saving unacknowledged replies to command requests, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of command requests.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 7.0
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
chrony-0:2.1.1-1.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2015:2241
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | chrony-0:2.1.1-1.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:2241 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.94% (0.02936) | 86.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.96% (0.02957) | 85.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.61% (0.02615) | 84.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.74% (0.07736) | 86.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.61% (0.02615) | 84.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.86% (0.00862) | 83.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 22, 2024 | 0.86% (0.00862) | 81.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 16, 2023 | 0.86% (0.00862) | 79.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.84% (0.00842) | 79.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.94% (0.03941) | 85.90th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 3.94% (0.03941) | 85.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 3.01% (0.03006) | 83.19th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.94% (0.03941) | 84.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.94% (0.03941) | 67.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://listengine.tuxfamily.org/chrony.tuxfamily.org/chrony-announce/2015/04/msg00002.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3222 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73956 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1822 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1209632 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1822
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1822
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://listengine.tuxfamily.org/chrony.tuxfamily.org/chrony-announce/2015/04/msg00002.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3222 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73956 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1822 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1209632 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1822 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-01 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1822 |
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