CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2015-1822
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
2.94%
Original NVD 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.