Vulnerability Database

309,234

Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2017-8338

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.

  • Published: May 18, 2017
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2017-8338
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
mikrotik / routeros 6.38.5 6.38.5.x