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$ cve CVE-2018-7182 JSON

CVE-2018-7182 EXPLOIT

7.5
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 28.8% (pctl 98)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

The ctl_getitem method in ntpd in ntp-4.2.8p6 before 4.2.8p11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted mode 6 packet with a ntpd instance from 4.2.8p6 through 4.2.8p10.

Scoring

CVSS7.5 (HIGH, v3.0)
VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS28.83% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-125
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2018-03-06
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (3)

VendorProduct
canonicalubuntu linux
netappelement software
ntpntp

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbntpd 4.2.8p10 - Out-of-Bounds Read (PoC)2018-11-14

References

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