High severity · published Oct 7, 2020
CVE-2019-16160
An integer underflow in the SMB server of MikroTik RouterOS before 6.45.5 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to crash the service
7.5
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An integer underflow in the SMB server of MikroTik RouterOS before 6.45.5 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to crash the service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RO
Routeros · Mikrotik
before 6.45.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16160
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16160
Vendor Advisory
https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=151603
Third Party Advisory
https://gist.github.com/thebabush/3c71fc5001f8865e3ad579e80680ce24
Product
https://mikrotik.com
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