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CVE-2026-102484

Heap-based buffer overflow in the JJY refclock driver in NTPsec ntpd before 1.2.6 allows an attacker who controls the Telephone JJY time source to corrupt memory or crash ntpd via more than six time replies.

MEDIUM 6.4EPSS 0.21%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the JJY refclock driver in NTPsec ntpd before 1.2.6 allows an attacker who controls the Telephone JJY time source to corrupt memory or crash ntpd via more than six time replies.

CVSS 3.1
6.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.21% probability · 10th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-122
Source
cve@gitlab.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%22 October 2026: 0.26%26 October 2026: 0.21%22 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS moved from 0.3% on 22 October 2026 to 0.2% on 26 October 2026.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.