CVE-2017-8338

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A vulnerability in MikroTik Version 6.38.5 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to exhaust all available CPU via a flood of UDP packets on port 500 (used for L2TP over IPsec), preventing the affected router from accepting new connections; all devices will be disconnected from the router and all logs removed automatically.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 18, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-8338: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix