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CVE-2017-6444 in the critical feed json

The MikroTik Router hAP Lite 6.25 has no protection mechanism for unsolicited TCP ACK packets in the case of a fast network connection, whi…

published 2017-03-12 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-15501

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.5%
EPSS 13.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The MikroTik Router hAP Lite 6.25 has no protection mechanism for unsolicited TCP ACK packets in the case of a fast network connection, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many ACK packets. After the attacker stops the exploit, the CPU usage is 100% and the router requires a reboot for normal operation.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-41601)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

13.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-41601 MikroTik Router - ARP Table OverFlow Denial Of Service dos, 2017-03-05
  • cxsecurity.com https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017030029 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141449/Mikrotik-Hap-Lite-6.25-Denial-Of-Service.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • exploitalert.com http://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=26137 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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