Critical severity · published Mar 8, 2018
CVE-2018-7183
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…
9.8
CVSS
10.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)10.2% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
Element Software · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
FR
Freebsd · Freebsd
10.3; 10.4; 11.1 · source: NVD
NT
Ntp · Ntp
4.2.8; 4.2.8; 4.2.8; 4.2.8; 4.2.8 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 16.04; 17.10; 18.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7183
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7183
Vendor Advisory
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3414
Vendor Advisory
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#February_2018_ntp_4_2_8p11_NTP_S
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103351
Third Party Advisory
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:02.ntp.asc
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-12
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180626-0001/
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