4.7mediumMedium

CVE-2026-18321

Buffer overflow in NTPsec's Zyfer refclock allows local attacker to crash ntpd

What the metrics mean

  • It is requires local access to the machine.
  • For an attacker who can reach it, exploitation depends on conditions outside the attacker's control.
  • To exploit it, an ordinary user account is needed.
  • Beyond that, no action by a user is required.

Scoring

CVSS
4.7 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-120
Assigned by
cve@gitlab.com

Dates

Published
2026-07-31
Last modified
2026-08-28
Sources
NVD

References