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CVE-2016-3962

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3962 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the NTP time-server interface of various Meinberg LANTIME and SyncFire devices running firmware prior to version 6.20.004. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.3, indicating that a remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit it with low complexity to potentially obtain sensitive information, modify data, or cause a denial of service. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit for remote command execution and privilege escalation exists on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:meinberg:ntp_server_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:meinberg:ims-lantime_m1000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:meinberg:ims-lantime_m3000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:meinberg:ims-lantime_m500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:meinberg:lantime_m100:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.3HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40120 · Jul 17, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0522 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov / advisories/ICSA-16-175-03
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
exploit-db.com / exploits/40120