CVE-2018-1157

moderate-risk
Published 2018-08-23

Mikrotik RouterOS before 6.42.7 and 6.40.9 is vulnerable to a memory exhaustion vulnerability. An authenticated remote attacker can crash the HTTP server and in some circumstances reboot the system via a crafted HTTP POST request.

Do I need to act?

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2.4% 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
6
CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Mikrotik

References (8)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jul/20
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
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jul/20
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 24/34 · High
Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low