cve/2018/CVE-2018-1157.md

### [CVE-2018-1157](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1157)
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### Description

Mikrotik RouterOS before 6.42.7 and 6.40.9 is vulnerable to a memory exhaustion vulnerability. An authenticated remote attacker can crash the HTTP server and in some circumstances reboot the system via a crafted HTTP POST request.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jul/20
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jul/20
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-21
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-21

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.