VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-7431

CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability8.88%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-01-13
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Description

NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to bypass the origin timestamp protection mechanism via an origin timestamp of zero. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2015-8138 regression.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references