CVE-2017-6444 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting MikroTik Router hAP Lite 6.25 and RouterOS. The flaw allows remote attackers to trigger 100% CPU utilization by sending a flood of unsolicited TCP ACK packets, necessitating a device reboot to restore normal operation. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) requires no user interaction or authentication, making it easily exploitable over the network. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild or Metasploit modules, an ExploitDB entry exists, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:6.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.