Vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros
CVE-2018-5951
An issue was discovered in Mikrotik RouterOS. Crafting a packet that has a size of 1 byte and sending it to an IPv6 address of a RouterOS box with IP Protocol 97 will cause RouterOS to reboot imminently. All versions of RouterOS that supports EoIPv6 are vulnerable to this attack.
EPSS: 0.043 (90.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Mikrotik Routeros
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-5951?
- CVE-2018-5951 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-03-02.
- How severe is CVE-2018-5951?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-5951 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.