CVE-2018-1159

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Published Aug 23, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 2.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

Mikrotik RouterOS before 6.42.7 and 6.40.9 is vulnerable to a memory corruption vulnerability. An authenticated remote attacker can crash the HTTP server by rapidly authenticating and disconnecting.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:::::ltr:::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-11797	Mikrotik RouterOS before 6.42.7 and 6.40.9 is vulnerable to a memory corruption vulnerability. An authenticated remote attacker can crash the HTTP server by rapidly authenticating and disconnecting.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.5% (2.483% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs
https://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs/bugfix-release-tree
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-21

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mikrotik Routeros

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 6:23 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: tenable
Published: Aug 23, 2018, 7:00 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 6:23 PM
Reserved: Dec 5, 2017, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:50 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 23, 2018, 7:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:50 AM

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