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CVE-2018-7182

51
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-7182 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the ctl_getitem method of ntpd versions 4.2.8p6 through 4.2.8p10, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This vulnerability affects various products from Canonical, NetApp, and NTP. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it requires no user interaction or authentication and has a high impact on availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Proof-of-Concept exploit is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p10:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p6:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p7:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p8:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p9:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
29.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-45846 · Nov 14, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2932 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: ntp

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-7182Moderate

ntp: buffer read overrun leads information leak in ctl_getitem()

Feb 27, 2018

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/146631/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ntp-Updates.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
security.freebsd.org / advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:02.ntp.asc
PatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201805-12
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20180626-0001
Third Party Advisory
support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
support.ntp.org / bin/view/Main/NtpBug3412
MitigationVendor Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3707-1
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/45846
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
synology.com / support/security/Synology_SA_18_13
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/541824/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/103191
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry