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CVE-2017-6462
Buffer overflow in the legacy Datum Programmable Time Server (DPTS) refclock driver in NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 allows…
High7.8EPSS 0.49%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the legacy Datum Programmable Time Server (DPTS) refclock driver in NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 allows local users to have unspecified impact via a crafted /dev/datum device.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.49% · top 58% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 1038123 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 97045 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT208144 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3707-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3388 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FreeBSD-SA-17:03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3071 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#March_2017_ntp_4_2_8p10_NTP_Secu (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0855 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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)
- 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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