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CVE-2001-0414

10.0
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
81.16%
HIGH RiskEPSS (99th percentile)
NVD-CWE-Other

Buffer overflow in ntpd ntp daemon 4.0.99k and earlier (aka xntpd and xntp3) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long readvar argument.

Published: 6/18/2001
Modified: 4/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

10

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

81.16%HIGH Exploitation Risk
99th percentile

This vulnerability has a 81.16% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-Other