Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-41987

HighPublic PoC

Published: 16 March 2022

Published
16 March 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.4898 97.8th percentile
Risk Priority 46 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-41987 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 2.2% 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

Vulnerability details

In the SCEP Server of RouterOS in certain Mikrotik products, an attacker can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow that leads to remote code execution. The attacker must know the scep_server_name value. This affects RouterOS 6.46.8, 6.47.9, and 6.47.10.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

mikrotik
routeros
6.46.8, 6.47.10, 6.47.9

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.

addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References