CVE-2018-7445 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in MikroTik RouterOS SMB service, affecting all devices running versions prior to 6.41.3/6.42rc27. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution by sending specially crafted NetBIOS session request messages. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it poses a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector and complete compromise potential. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit code available, and has garnered significant community and media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.41.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:6.42:rc11:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:6.42:rc12:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:6.42:rc14:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:6.42:rc15:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.