CVE-2020-20246: Medium severity mikrotik routeros vulnerability

Published May 18, 2021
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Updated

Mikrotik RouterOs stable 6.46.3 suffers from a memory corruption vulnerability in the mactel process. An authenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service due to improper memory access.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Mikrotik RouterOS=6.46.3

Event History

May 18, 2021
CVE Published
via MITRE·07:11 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·07:11 PM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2020-20246?

CVE-2020-20246 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the mactel process of MikroTik RouterOS stable version 6.46.3.

2

How severe is CVE-2020-20246?

CVE-2020-20246 has a severity rating of 6.5 (medium).

3

How does CVE-2020-20246 affect MikroTik RouterOS?

CVE-2020-20246 can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) due to improper memory access in MikroTik RouterOS.

4

How can an attacker exploit CVE-2020-20246?

An authenticated remote attacker can exploit CVE-2020-20246 to trigger the memory corruption vulnerability and cause a Denial of Service.

5

Is there a fix for CVE-2020-20246?

It is recommended to update MikroTik RouterOS to a version that does not suffer from the memory corruption vulnerability.

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