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CVE-2019-6442

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 13.71% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-01-16 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 13.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2019-6442
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
13.71%

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3. An authenticated attacker can write one byte out of bounds in ntpd via a malformed config request, related to config_remotely in ntp_config.c, yyparse in ntp_parser.tab.c, and yyerror in ntp_parser.y.

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