7.5

CVE-2024-54952: mikrotik routeros NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 29-05-2025Last modified 29-05-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-54952 is a high (CVSS 7.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in mikrotik routeros. EPSS estimates a 0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.55%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 29-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 29-05-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

MikroTik RouterOS 6.40.5, the SMB service contains a memory corruption vulnerability. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this issue by sending specially crafted packets, triggering a null pointer dereference. This leads to a Remote Denial of Service (DoS), rendering the SMB service unavailable.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

45%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.55% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
0.55%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mikrotik1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links