CVE-2016-3988 describes multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the NTP time-server interface of various Meinberg LANTIME and SyncFire devices running firmware prior to 6.20.004. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to achieve sensitive information disclosure, data modification, or denial of service by sending a specially crafted parameter within a POST request. With a CVSS score of 7.3 (HIGH), it is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to low impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.