CVE-2017-17538 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting MikroTik devices running firmware version 6.40.5. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by flooding the device with ICMP packets, leading to service disruption. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a severe impact with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild, a public exploit (EDB-43317) is available, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.40.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:router_firmware:6.40.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.