CVE-2019-13074 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can exhaust memory in the FTP daemon, causing MikroTik routers to reboot and resulting in a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-13074?
CVE-2019-13074 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros, published on 3 Jul 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the FTP daemon on MikroTik routers through 6.44.3 could allow remote attackers to exhaust all available memory, causing the device to reboot because of uncontrolled resource management.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13074?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mikrotik Routeros.
How do I fix CVE-2019-13074?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-13074 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-13074 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13074 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mikrotik Routeros
- CVE-2018-7445 MikroTik RouterOS Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2026-86060 MikroTik RouterOS Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command
- CVE-2018-14847 MikroTik Router OS Directory Traversal
- CVE-2026-67277 MikroTik RouterOS Missing Authentication for Critical Function
- CVE-2026-67279 Mikrotik RouterOS Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4vw2-74q5-jc2q.