CVE-2015-5195

HIGH

Fedora < 4.2.7 - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2015-5195. PoCs published by theglife214.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The repository contains only a README.md file with the CVE identifier and no exploit code or technical details. It is essentially an empty placeholder.

Description

ntp_openssl.m4 in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.7p112 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted statistics or filegen configuration command that is not enabled during compilation.

Exploits (1)

nomisec STUB
by theglife214 · poc
https://github.com/theglife214/CVE-2015-5195

The repository contains only a README.md file with the CVE identifier and no exploit code or technical details. It is essentially an empty placeholder.

Classification
Stub 10%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: unknown
No auth needed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (17)

Core 17
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254544
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1024157
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2783-1
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21986956
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21988706
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2583.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170926.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0780.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3388
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/25/3
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76474
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169167.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21989542
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21985122
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166992.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0754
EPSS Percentile 93.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (18)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.10
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
fedoraproject/fedora 21
fedoraproject/fedora 22
fedoraproject/fedora 23
ntp/ntp < 4.2.7
... and 8 more
Published Jul 21, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026