VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-7427

CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.91%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-01-13
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Description

The broadcast mode replay prevention functionality in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reject broadcast mode packets) via a crafted broadcast mode packet.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Primary references