CVE-2018-10070

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-04-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-400

Description

A vulnerability in MikroTik Version 6.41.4 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to exhaust all available CPU and all available RAM by sending a crafted FTP request on port 21 that begins with many '\0' characters, preventing the affected router from accepting new FTP connections. The router will reboot after 10 minutes, logging a "router was rebooted without proper shutdown" message.

Affected products

MikroTik Router Firmware: 6.41.4

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/147183/MikroTik-6.41.4-Denial-Of-Service.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44450/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/147183/MikroTik-6.41.4-Denial-Of-Service.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44450/

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