Buffer overflow in Mikrotik Routeros

CVE-2020-20247

Mikrotik RouterOs before 6.46.5 (stable tree) suffers from a memory corruption vulnerability in the /nova/bin/traceroute process. An authenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service due via the loop counter variable.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.6th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.6% 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-2020-20247: held from 0.011 to 0.011.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-20247?
CVE-2020-20247 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-03.
How severe is CVE-2020-20247?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.