CVE-2018-1158

UNKNOWNCVSS 0.0

0.0

Mikrotik RouterOS before 6.42.7 and 6.40.9 is vulnerable to a stack exhaustion vulnerability. An authenticated remote attacker can crash the HTTP server via recursive parsing of JSON.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: —
KEV: Not listed

Published

August 23, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (8)

vulnreport@tenablehttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jul/20
vulnreport@tenablehttps://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs
vulnreport@tenablehttps://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs/bugfix-release-tree
vulnreport@tenablehttps://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-21
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jul/20
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs/bugfix-release-tree
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-21

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-674Uncontrolled Recursion

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 6× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-05-27 13:38 UTCepss_batch
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Frequently asked(3)

What is CVE-2018-1158?

CVE-2018-1158 is a unknown vulnerability published on August 23, 2018. Mikrotik RouterOS before 6.42.7 and 6.40.9 is vulnerable to a stack exhaustion vulnerability. An authenticated remote attacker can crash the HTTP server via recursive parsing of JSON.

When was CVE-2018-1158 disclosed?

CVE-2018-1158 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 23, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

How do I remediate CVE-2018-1158?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-1158, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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CVE-2018-1158

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🔗 References (8)