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CVE-2019-6444

66
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-6444 is a critical stack-based buffer over-read vulnerability affecting NTPsec versions prior to 1.1.3, specifically within the process_control() function. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely trigger a denial of service and potentially disclose sensitive information due to improper handling of attacker-controlled data. While not actively exploited in the wild, a Proof-of-Concept exploit is publicly available, and despite its high severity (CVSS 9.1), there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ntpsec:ntpsec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
45.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-46176 · Jan 16, 2019
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4572 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

dumpco.re / blog/ntpsec-bugs
ExploitThird Party Advisory
dumpco.re / bugs/ntpsec-oobread2
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / ntpsec/ntpsec/blob/NTPsec_1_1_3/NEWS
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/46176
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry