Is CVE-2019-8936 being actively exploited?

CVE-2019-8936 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-8936?

CVE-2019-8936 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2019-8936

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 5.7%EU EUVD

NTP through 4.2.8p12 has a NULL Pointer Dereference.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
EPSS score: 5.7% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2019-18324)
Published: May 15, 2019
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2019-18324 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 4, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
hpe / hpux-ntp
netapp / clustered data ontap
netapp / data ontap
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
ntp / ntp
opensuse / leap
opensuse / leap

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

NetApp ONTAP® 9.1 - NetApp, Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-423 - archived

References

http://bugs.ntp.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3565(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00032.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00036.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152915/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-04.ntp.html(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2NVS2CSG2TQ663CXOZZUJN4STQPMENNP/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JBGXY7OKWOLT6X6JAPVZRFEP4FLCGGST/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KQDNHNYOJK2SRSGO23GQ2RXTOUY2HLNN/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/39(Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:04.ntp.asc(Mitigation, Third Party Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-15(Third Party Advisory)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190503-0001/(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K61363039(Third Party Advisory)
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03962en_us(Third Party Advisory)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4563-1/

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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