VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-7183

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability10.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-03-08
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references