CVE-2017-6460

8.8 highEPSS 2.7%

High (8.8) in ntp ntp. EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the reslist function in ntpq in NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 allows remote servers have unspecified impact via a long flagstr variable in a restriction list response.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

8.8 high

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

EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 85% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-119
Published: 2017-03-27
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ntp:ntp

References

http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3377
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#March_2017_ntp_4_2_8p10_NTP_Secu
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97052
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038123
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2017-6460

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