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CVE-2014-9296

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9296 describes a vulnerability in the receive function of ntpd in NTP before version 4.2.8. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger unintended association changes by sending crafted packets, even after an authentication error is detected. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it indicates a low-complexity attack that can lead to partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
15.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1562 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ntp-0:4.2.6p5-2.el6_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Extended Update SupportFixed in: ntp-0:4.2.6p5-2.el6_5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ntp-0:4.2.6p5-19.el7_0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-9296Low

ntp: receive() missing return on error

Dec 19, 2014

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2014-0541.html
bk1.ntp.org / ntp-dev
Exploit
bugs.ntp.org / show_bug.cgi
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00020.html
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0104.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/62209
h20564.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
kc.mcafee.com / corporate/index
tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20141222-ntpd
support.ntp.org / bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice
Vendor Advisory
arista.com / en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1047-security-advisory-8
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/852879
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
securityfocus.com / bid/71758