Resource exhaustion in Mikrotik Router

CVE-2018-10070

A vulnerability in MikroTik Version 6.41.4 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to exhaust all available CPU and all available RAM by sending a crafted FTP request on port 21 that begins with many '\0' characters, preventing the affected router from accepting new FTP connections. The router will reboot after 10 minutes, logging a "router was rebooted without proper shutdown" message.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.125 (96.1th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-10070: held from 0.127 to 0.125.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.127 · newest: 0.125 · change: -0.002

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10070?
CVE-2018-10070 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mikrotik Router, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-04-16.
How severe is CVE-2018-10070?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.