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GHSA-9429-whv8-4h3p

GHSA-9429-whv8-4h3p PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022

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.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Timeline

  • May 13, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-9429-whv8-4h3p
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-9429-whv8-4h3p

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-9429-whv8-4h3p/fixes/registry"

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