What is CVE-2016-3988?

CVE-2016-3988 is a high-severity vulnerability in Meinberg Ims-Lantime M1000, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2016-07-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-3988?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Meinberg Ims-Lantime M1000

CVE-2016-3988

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the NTP time-server interface on Meinberg IMS-LANTIME M3000, IMS-LANTIME M1000, IMS-LANTIME M500, LANTIME M900, LANTIME M600, LANTIME M400, LANTIME M300, LANTIME M200, LANTIME M100, SyncFire 1100, and LCES devices with firmware before 6.20.004 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, modify data, or cause a denial of service via a crafted parameter in a POST request.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-07-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-175-03 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3988?: CVE-2016-3988 is a high-severity vulnerability in Meinberg Ims-Lantime M1000, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2016-07-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-3988?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.