CVE-2020-20222

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Published May 18, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 3.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

Mikrotik RouterOs 6.44.6 (long-term tree) suffers from a memory corruption vulnerability in the /nova/bin/sniffer process. An authenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service (NULL pointer dereference).

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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:6.44.6:*:*:*:ltr:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-13009	Mikrotik RouterOs 6.44.6 (long-term tree) suffers from a memory corruption vulnerability in the /nova/bin/sniffer process. An authenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service (NULL pointer dereference).

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

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: 3.2% (3.172% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162513/Mikrotik-RouterOS-6.46.5-Memory-Corruption-Assertion-Failure.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/May/15
https://mikrotik.com/

History

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Subscriptions

Mikrotik Routeros

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 2:15 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 18, 2021, 6:21 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 2:15 PM
Reserved: Aug 13, 2020, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:02 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 18, 2021, 7:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:02 AM

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