CVE-2019-6444

high-risk
Published 2019-01-16

An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3. process_control() in ntp_control.c has a stack-based buffer over-read because attacker-controlled data is dereferenced by ntohl() in ntpd.

Do I need to act?

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12.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 87% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
46176
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.1/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Ntpsec

References (8)

Exploit https://dumpco.re/blog/ntpsec-bugs
Exploit https://dumpco.re/bugs/ntpsec-oobread2
Release Notes https://github.com/ntpsec/ntpsec/blob/NTPsec_1_1_3/NEWS
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46176/
Exploit https://dumpco.re/blog/ntpsec-bugs
Exploit https://dumpco.re/bugs/ntpsec-oobread2
Release Notes https://github.com/ntpsec/ntpsec/blob/NTPsec_1_1_3/NEWS
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46176/
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 31/34 · Critical
Exploitability 19/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal