CVE-2018-12327

Stack-based buffer overflow in ntpq and ntpdc of NTP version 4.2.8p11 allows an attacker to achieve code execution or escalate to higher privileges via a long string as the argument for an IPv4 or IPv6 command-line parameter. NOTE: It is unclear whether there are any common situations in which ntpq or ntpdc is used with a command line from an untrusted source.

CVSS v3.0 NVD

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

28.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 98th percentile

Published

2018-06-20

Updated

2024-08-05

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44909

Security advisories

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104517
• https://gist.github.com/fakhrizulkifli/9b58ed8e0354e8deee50b0eebd1c011f
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4229-1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry