CVE-2018-1159: mikrotik routeros

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-1159 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in mikrotik routeros. EPSS estimates a 2.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 23-08-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.