What is CVE-2020-20222?

CVE-2020-20222 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-18.

How severe is CVE-2020-20222?

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

NULL pointer dereference in Mikrotik Routeros

CVE-2020-20222

Mikrotik RouterOs 6.44.6 (long-term tree) suffers from a memory corruption vulnerability in the /nova/bin/sniffer process. An authenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service (NULL pointer dereference).

EPSS: 0.032 (86.7th 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 6.44.6
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (Product, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-20222?: CVE-2020-20222 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-18.
How severe is CVE-2020-20222?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.