September 8, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2018-7445 — MikroTik RouterOS
MikroTik RouterOS Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-09-08- Federal due date
2022-09-29- Vendor
- MikroTik
- Product
- RouterOS
- EPSS
- 99.5th percentile (score 0.876, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
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- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7445
CISA short description
In MikroTik RouterOS, a stack-based buffer overflow occurs when processing NetBIOS session request messages. Remote attackers with access to the service can exploit this vulnerability and gain code execution on the system.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.