CVE-2016-7426
HIGHEPSS 96th pctlDescription
NTP before 4.2.8p9 rate limits responses received from the configured sources when rate limiting for all associations is enabled, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (prevent responses from the sources) by sending responses with a spoofed source address.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://nwtime.org/ntp428p9_release/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0252.html
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3071
- http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice#Recent_Vulnerabilities
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94451
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037354
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa139
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03706en_us
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:39.ntp.asc
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3707-2/
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/633847
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.