CVE-2009-0159
Stack-based buffer overflow in the cookedprint function in ntpq/ntpq.c in ntpq in NTP before 4.2.4p7-RC2 allows remote NTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted response.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the cookedprint function in ntpq/ntpq.c in ntpq in NTP before 4.2.4p7-RC2 allows remote NTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted response.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 13.23% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- ntp/ntp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 13.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-006.txt.asc
- http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=9532
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136482797910018&w=2
- http://ntp.bkbits.net:8080/ntp-stable/?PAGE=gnupatch&REV=1.1565
- http://osvdb.org/53593
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1039.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1040.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34608Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35137Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35138Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35166Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35169Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35253Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35308Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35336Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35416Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35630Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471Vendor Advisory
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.566238
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1801
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200905-08.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:092
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34481Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022033
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.htmlUS Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.