CVE-2018-7182

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

The ctl_getitem method in ntpd in ntp-4.2.8p6 before 4.2.8p11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted mode 6 packet with a ntpd instance from 4.2.8p6 through 4.2.8p10.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7182

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7182.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201803-11

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.2.8.p11-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbullseyefixed1:4.2.8p11+dfsg-1
debian debianbookwormfixed1.0.0+dfsg1-5
debian debianforkyfixed1.0.0+dfsg1-5
debian debiansidfixed1.0.0+dfsg1-5
debian debiantrixiefixed1.0.0+dfsg1-5

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.