CVE-2018-7182
The ctl_getitem method in ntpd in ntp-4.2.8p6 before 4.2.8p11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read)…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 28.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The ctl_getitem method in ntpd in ntp-4.2.8p6 before 4.2.8p11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted mode 6 packet with a ntpd instance from 4.2.8p6 through 4.2.8p10.
Public exploit
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Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- ntpd 4.2.8p10 - Out-of-Bounds Read (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 45846local, linuxpublished 14 Nov 2018Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 45846 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 18 days later
· 18 days later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 28.8% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/146631/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ntp-Updates.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-201805-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- FreeBSD-SA-18:02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180626-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20180301 [Newsletter/Marketing] [slackware-security] ntp (SSA:2018-060-02) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3412 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3707-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 45846 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_13 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 103191 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03962en_us (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-18924 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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