6.5

CVE-2016-9310: ntp Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-9310DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9310
Published 13-01-2017Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9310 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in ntp. EPSS estimates a 11.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
11.07%
0%100%
Medium · -0.09 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 6

Timeline

  1. 13-01-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The control mode (mode 6) functionality in ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to set or unset traps via a crafted control mode packet.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

11.07%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.09 pp

From 11.16% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
11.07%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • ntp< 1:4.2.8p9+dfsg-1
Ntp1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • ntp< 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.11 | < 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.5

3 vendors · 3 products

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