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CVE-2014-9750

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9750 describes a vulnerability in NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p1, specifically in ntp_crypto.c when Autokey Authentication is enabled. This flaw allows remote attackers to extract sensitive information from process memory or trigger a denial of service by sending a malformed packet with an invalid extension field length. With a CVSS score of 5.8, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality loss and partial availability impact. 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
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0614 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugs.ntp.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1459.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Third Party Advisory
support.ntp.org / bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice
Release NotesVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3388
Third Party Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/852879
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/72583
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry