What is CVE-2020-20249?

CVE-2020-20249 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-07-19.

How severe is CVE-2020-20249?

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

Buffer overflow in Mikrotik Routeros

CVE-2020-20249

Mikrotik RouterOs before stable 6.47 suffers from a memory corruption vulnerability in the resolver process. By sending a crafted packet, an authenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.018 (75.6th 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
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-20249?: CVE-2020-20249 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-07-19.
How severe is CVE-2020-20249?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.