CVE-2020-20225
Mikrotik RouterOs before 6.47 (stable tree) suffers from an assertion failure vulnerability in...
Mikrotik RouterOs before 6.47 (stable tree) suffers from an assertion failure vulnerability in the /nova/bin/user process. An authenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service due to an assertion failure via a crafted packet.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Mikrotik RouterOs before 6.47 (stable tree) suffers from an assertion failure vulnerability in the /nova/bin/user process. An authenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service due to an assertion failure via a crafted packet.
- Record
CVE-2020-20225- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-617
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Mikrotik RouterOs before 6.47 (stable tree) suffers from an assertion failure vulnerability in the /nova/bin/user process. An authenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service due to an assertion failure via a crafted packet.
- Record
CVE-2020-20225- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-13012 No score
Mikrotik RouterOs before 6.47 (stable tree) suffers from an assertion failure vulnerability in the /nova/bin/user process. An authenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service due to an assertion failure via a crafted packet.
- Record
EUVD-2020-13012- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vw3x-2r9r-9464 No score
Mikrotik RouterOs before 6.47 (stable tree) suffers from an assertion failure vulnerability in...
Mikrotik RouterOs before 6.47 (stable tree) suffers from an assertion failure vulnerability in the /nova/bin/user process. An authenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service due to an assertion failure via a crafted packet.
- Record
GHSA-vw3x-2r9r-9464- Weakness
- CWE-617
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-20225 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Mikrotik Routeros, published July 7, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.04%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.