01 Record

CVE-2017-6452

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Windows installer for NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 allows local users to have unspecified impact via an application path on the command line.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Windows installer for NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 allows local users to have unspecified impact via an application path on the command line.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 38.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2017-03-27 17:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:33Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-03-03

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

739ebe305f329e5ad89e9560407a01e910f194c8bd83d8f344f8cdf2ee484d20

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

ntpntpNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

www.securitytracker.com1038123http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038123vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT208144x_refsource_CONFIRM
support.ntp.orghttp://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3383x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securitytracker.com1039427http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039427vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.securityfocus.com97078http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97078vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
support.ntp.orghttp://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#March_2017_ntp_4_2_8p10_NTP_Secux_refsource_CONFIRM