The mx4200_send function in the legacy MX4200 refclock in NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 does not properly handle the return value of the snprintf function, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, which trigger an out-of-bounds memory write.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-27T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:33:20.432Z

Reserved: 2017-03-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-6451

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-27T17:59:00.523

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:29:47.877

Link: CVE-2017-6451

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-03-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-6451 - Bugzilla