What is CVE-2020-20253?

CVE-2020-20253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-18.

How severe is CVE-2020-20253?

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

Vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros

CVE-2020-20253

Mikrotik RouterOs before 6.47 (stable tree) suffers from a divison by zero vulnerability in the /nova/bin/lcdstat process. An authenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service due to a divide by zero error.

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
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-369 — Divide By Zero

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-20253?: CVE-2020-20253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-18.
How severe is CVE-2020-20253?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.