{"id":"CVE-2016-4957","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-4957","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T05:27:52.905Z","title":"ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crypto-NAK packet.","description":"ntpd in NTP before 4.2.8p8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crypto-NAK packet.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2016-1547.","published":"2016-07-05T01:59:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:48:30.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["ntp/ntp","oracle/solaris","suse/manager proxy","suse/openstack cloud","novell/suse manager","opensuse/leap","opensuse/opensuse","suse/linux enterprise desktop","suse/linux enterprise server"],"epss":{"score":0.44936,"percentile":0.98782,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 44.9%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. 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