CVE-2016-7428

Ntp vulnerability

CVSS

4.3

EPSS

3.9%

EPSS pct

89th

Exploited

No known

ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reject broadcast mode packets) via the poll interval in a broadcast packet.

Affected vendor

Ntp

Affected product

Ntp

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Published

2017-01-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable from an adjacent network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

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