What is CVE-2020-20211?

CVE-2020-20211 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-07-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-20211?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros

CVE-2020-20211

Mikrotik RouterOs 6.44.5 (long-term tree) suffers from an assertion failure vulnerability in the /nova/bin/console process. An authenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service due to an assertion failure via a crafted packet.

EPSS: 0.021 (79.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Mikrotik Routeros — versions 6.44.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-617 — Reachable Assertion

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-20211?: CVE-2020-20211 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-07-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-20211?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.