7.5
HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2014-9295
NTP Stack-Based Buffer Overflows
Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet, related to (1) the crypto_recv function when the Autokey Authentication feature is used, (2) the ctl_putdata function, and (3) the configure function.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 20, 2014, 2:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-9295 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Ntp ntp
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
To address NTP stack-based buffer overflows, update packages and apply vendor patches.
  • Update the affected NTP packages.
  • Install the appropriate vendor security patch.
  • Upgrade to NTP version 4.2.8p1 or later.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2014-9295 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-9295.

URL Resource
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0541.html
http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548acc4dN1TbM1tRJrbPcA4yc1aTdA Exploit
http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548acdf3tUSFizXcv_X4b77Jt_Y-cg Exploit
http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548acf55dxKfhb6MuYQwzu8eDlS97g Exploit
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2667
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2668
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2669
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00020.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142469153211996&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142590659431171&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142853370924302&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142853370924302&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144182594518755&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2025.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0104.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/62209
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/852879 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:003
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71761
http://www1.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-417665.htm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1176037
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04790232
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04916783
https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCO8x/StruxureWare+Data+Center+Operation+Software+Vulnerability+Fixes
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10103
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20141222-ntpd
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1047-security-advisory-8
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0541.html
http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548acc4dN1TbM1tRJrbPcA4yc1aTdA Exploit
http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548acdf3tUSFizXcv_X4b77Jt_Y-cg Exploit
http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548acf55dxKfhb6MuYQwzu8eDlS97g Exploit
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2667
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2668
http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2669
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00020.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142469153211996&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142590659431171&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142853370924302&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142853370924302&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144182594518755&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2025.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0104.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/62209
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/852879 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:003
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71761
http://www1.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-417665.htm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1176037
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04790232
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04916783
https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCO8x/StruxureWare+Data+Center+Operation+Software+Vulnerability+Fixes
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10103
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20141222-ntpd
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1047-security-advisory-8
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-9295 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-9295 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0541.html
    Added Reference http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548acc4dN1TbM1tRJrbPcA4yc1aTdA
    Added Reference http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548acdf3tUSFizXcv_X4b77Jt_Y-cg
    Added Reference http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548acf55dxKfhb6MuYQwzu8eDlS97g
    Added Reference http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2667
    Added Reference http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2668
    Added Reference http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2669
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00020.html
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142469153211996&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142590659431171&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142853370924302&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142853370924302&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144182594518755&w=2
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2025.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0104.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62209
    Added Reference http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/852879
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:003
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71761
    Added Reference http://www1.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-417665.htm
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1176037
    Added Reference https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04790232
    Added Reference https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04916783
    Added Reference https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCO8x/StruxureWare+Data+Center+Operation+Software+Vulnerability+Fixes
    Added Reference https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10103
    Added Reference https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20141222-ntpd
    Added Reference https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1047-security-advisory-8
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 17, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1047-security-advisory-8 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1047-security-advisory-8 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 05, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/1047-security-advisory-8 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCO8x/StruxureWare+Data+Center+Operation+Software+Vulnerability+Fixes [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 10, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00020.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20141222-ntpd [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10103 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62209 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04790232 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 07, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04916783 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www1.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-417665.htm [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71761 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 26, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 23, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144182594518755&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142853370924302&w=2
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 26, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:003
    Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0541.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 12, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142590659431171&w=2
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 26, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142469153211996&w=2
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 24, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2025.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0104.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548acdf3tUSFizXcv_X4b77Jt_Y-cg No Types Assigned http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548acdf3tUSFizXcv_X4b77Jt_Y-cg Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548acc4dN1TbM1tRJrbPcA4yc1aTdA No Types Assigned http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548acc4dN1TbM1tRJrbPcA4yc1aTdA Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548acf55dxKfhb6MuYQwzu8eDlS97g No Types Assigned http://bk1.ntp.org/ntp-dev/?PAGE=patch&REV=548acf55dxKfhb6MuYQwzu8eDlS97g Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice No Types Assigned http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/852879 US Govt Resource http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/852879 Advisory, US Govt Resource
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

59.05 }} 15.58%

score

0.98139

percentile