CVE-2023-4012highCWE-372

CVE-2023-4012: high-severity vulnerability in ntpsec

Incomplete Internal State Distinction in ntpsec

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21Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 7.5epss 0.4%
ntpd will crash if the server is not NTS-enabled (no certificate) and it receives an NTS-enabled client request (mode 3).
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
NTPsec · ntpsec
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