CVE-2021-36613

Exp

Mikrotik RouterOs before stable 6.48.2 suffers from a memory corruption vulnerability in the ptp process. An authenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service (NULL pointer dereference).

Published: 2022-05-11 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2021-36613 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.09%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.19% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2021-36613

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-36613

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.91% 2.09% +1.19%
2 2025-12-28 0.63% 0.91% +0.27%
3 2025-12-27 0.63%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-36613

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-36613

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-36613

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mikrotik routeros < 6.48.2 cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2021-36613

URL Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/2 Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/0 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
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