CVE-2020-20231
Published: 14 July 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-20231 is a medium-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 26.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-13018
Vulnerability details
Mikrotik RouterOs through stable version 6.48.3 suffers from a memory corruption vulnerability in the /nova/bin/detnet process. An authenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service (NULL pointer dereference).
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.