CVE-2018-7445

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-09-08. Federal remediation due 2022-09-29.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

60.81% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-03-19 21:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:45Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2018-02-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2c954e8f740133f9f6f56453940af62598eabaaee507a0dae7512110915b9dd0

• www.securityfocus.com103427http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103427vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• seclists.org20180315 [CORE-2018-0003] MikroTik RouterOS SMB Buffer Overflowhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/38mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.exploit-db.com44290https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44290/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.coresecurity.comhttps://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/mikrotik-routeros-smb-buffer-overflowx_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-7445government-resource