CVE-2018-1156

moderate-risk
Published 2018-08-23

Mikrotik RouterOS before 6.42.7 and 6.40.9 is vulnerable to stack buffer overflow through the license upgrade interface. This vulnerability could theoretically allow a remote authenticated attacker execute arbitrary code on the system.

Do I need to act?

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2.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Mikrotik

References (6)

Vendor Advisory https://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs
Vendor Advisory https://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs/bugfix-release-tree
Exploit https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-21
Vendor Advisory https://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs
Vendor Advisory https://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs/bugfix-release-tree
Exploit https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-21
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low