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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-6443

An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3. Because of a bug in ctl_getitem, there is a stack-based buffer over-read in read_sysvars in ntp_control.c in ntpd.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:04 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-6443

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Jan 2019, 05:29 UTC

An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3. Because of a bug in ctl_getitem, there is a stack-based buffer over-read in read_sysvars in ntp_control.c in ntpd.

osv:CVE-2019-6443
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-6443",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-6443",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3. Because of a bug in ctl_getitem, there is a stack-based buffer over-read in read_sysvars in ntp_control.c in ntpd.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-6443",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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      "id": "CVE-2019-6443",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-6443"
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      "metrics": [
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          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"
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              "type": "GIT",
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                {
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:45.056261762Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/ntpsec/ntpsec/blob/NTPsec_1_1_3/NEWS",
        "https://dumpco.re/blog/ntpsec-bugs",
        "https://dumpco.re/bugs/ntpsec-oobread1",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46175/"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383779,
  "published_at": "2019-01-16T05:29:01.107+00:00"
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