What is CVE-2017-17537?

CVE-2017-17537 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mikrotik Routerboard, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-12-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-17537?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Mikrotik Routerboard

CVE-2017-17537

MikroTik RouterBOARD v6.39.2 and v6.40.5 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service by connecting to TCP port 53 and sending data that begins with many '\0' characters, possibly related to DNS.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.016 (73.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Mikrotik Routerboard — versions 6.39.2, 6.40.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, Broken Link, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17537?: CVE-2017-17537 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mikrotik Routerboard, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-17537?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.