GHSA-mg4x-c4g8-f6h5

GHSA-mg4x-c4g8-f6h5 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022

The mx4200_send function in the legacy MX4200 refclock in NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 does not properly handle the return value of the snprintf function, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, which trigger an out-of-bounds memory write.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

7.800000190734863

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

Timeline

May 17, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-mg4x-c4g8-f6h5
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-mg4x-c4g8-f6h5

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