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CVE-2023-30800 (GCVE-0-2023-30800)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-07 15:43 – Updated: 2025-11-21 16:14
VLAI
Title
MikroTik RouterOS Web Interface Heap Corruption
Summary
The web server used by MikroTik RouterOS version 6 is affected by a heap memory corruption issue. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can corrupt the server's heap memory by sending a crafted HTTP request. As a result, the web interface crashes and is immediately restarted. The issue was fixed in RouterOS 6.49.10 stable. RouterOS version 7 is not affected.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-26 19:04 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
MikroTik RouterOS Unaffected: 6.49.10
Affected: 6.49.9
Affected: 6.48.8
    cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:6.49.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:6.48.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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