CVE-2016-2519

MediumCVSS 5.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p7 and 4.3.x before 4.3.92 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ntpd abort) by a large request data value, which triggers the ctl_getitem function to return a NULL value.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.9/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 30, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-2519: Medium severity, CVSS 5.9 | Vulnix