Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-26553 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in NTP 4.2.8

047910
CVSS 5.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
LOW
Integrity impact
LOW
Availability impact
LOW
network
high complexity
ntp
CWE-787

Summary

mstolfp in libntp/mstolfp.c in NTP 4.2.8p15 has an out-of-bounds write when copying the trailing number. An adversary may be able to attack a client ntpq process, but cannot attack ntpd.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Ntp
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)