CVE-2018-12327

CRITICAL

NTP 4.2.8p11 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC

by Fakhri Zulkifli · textdoslinux

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

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (9)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104517

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://gist.github.com/fakhrizulkifli/9b58ed8e0354e8deee50b0eebd1c011f

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03962en_us

[Vendor Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4229-1/

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44909/

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-15

[Vendor Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3853

[Vendor Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3854

[Vendor Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2077

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.1597

EPSS Percentile 94.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-787

Status published

Products (1)

ntp/ntp 4.2.8 p11

Published Jun 20, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026