VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-8936
NTP through 4.2.8p12 has a NULL Pointer Dereference.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 5.73%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.73%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
NTP through 4.2.8p12 has a NULL Pointer Dereference.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.73% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- netapp/clustered data ontap · netapp/data ontap · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap · hpe/hpux-ntp · ntp/ntp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.7% 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
- http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3565Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00036.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152915/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-04.ntp.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNoticeRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2NVS2CSG2TQ663CXOZZUJN4STQPMENNP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JBGXY7OKWOLT6X6JAPVZRFEP4FLCGGST/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KQDNHNYOJK2SRSGO23GQ2RXTOUY2HLNN/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/39Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:04.ntp.ascMitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-15Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190503-0001/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K61363039Third Party Advisory
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03962en_usThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4563-1/
- http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3565Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00036.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152915/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-04.ntp.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNoticeRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2NVS2CSG2TQ663CXOZZUJN4STQPMENNP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JBGXY7OKWOLT6X6JAPVZRFEP4FLCGGST/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KQDNHNYOJK2SRSGO23GQ2RXTOUY2HLNN/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/39Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:04.ntp.ascMitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-15Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190503-0001/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K61363039Third Party Advisory
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03962en_usThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4563-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.