CVE-2019-6445

6.5 mediumEPSS 15%

An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3. An authenticated attacker can cause a NULL pointer dereference and ntpd crash in ntp_control.c, related to ctl_getitem.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

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

EPSS: 15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 96% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-476
Published: 2019-01-16
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ntpsec:ntpsec

References

https://dumpco.re/blog/ntpsec-bugs
https://dumpco.re/bugs/ntpsec-authed-npe
https://github.com/ntpsec/ntpsec/blob/NTPsec_1_1_3/NEWS
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46177/
https://dumpco.re/blog/ntpsec-bugs

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