Vulnerability

CVE-2017-6460

HIGH 8.8

CVE-2017-6460 is a high-severity vulnerability (CVSS v3.0 8.8). As of 2026-11-11, no host in our data shows software it affects on an open service.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the reslist function in ntpq in NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 allows remote servers have unspecified impact via a long flagstr variable in a restriction list response.

Published
2017-03-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
CVSS score
8.8 CVSS v3.0
CVSS vector (v3.0)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit likelihood (EPSS)
2.7% in the next 30 days (top 15% of CVEs)

Exposure in our data

0 hosts

Hosts whose banner shows an affected software version on a service open at their latest check.

Not counted: 1 459 hosts where the software version is too vague to tell (only a major release).

Counted 2026-11-11 04:20 UTC

By country

Not seen on any scanned host.

Affected software seen

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