{
    "id": "CVE-2018-7183",
    "published": "2018-03-08 20:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 02:02:45",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-787",
    "description": "Buffer overflow in the decodearr function in ntpq in ntp 4.2.8p6 through 4.2.8p10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an ntpq query and sending a response with a crafted array.",
    "epss_score": "0.10213",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95546",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-04 18:17:18",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "EPSS 10.2% — above the 10% action threshold."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "canonical",
            "product": "ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "freebsd",
            "product": "freebsd"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netapp",
            "product": "element_software"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "ntp",
            "product": "ntp"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3414",
        "http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#February_2018_ntp_4_2_8p11_NTP_S",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103351",
        "https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:02.ntp.asc",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-12",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180626-0001/",
        "https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03962en_us",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3707-1/",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3707-2/",
        "https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html",
        "https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_13",
        "http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3414",
        "http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#February_2018_ntp_4_2_8p11_NTP_S",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103351",
        "https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:02.ntp.asc",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-12",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180626-0001/",
        "https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03962en_us",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3707-1/",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3707-2/",
        "https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html",
        "https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_13"
    ]
}