{"id":79822,"date":"2025-10-01T19:31:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T19:31:26","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-11-01T16:17:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T22:17:06","slug":"cve-2025-10948-remote-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-mikrotik-routeros-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-10948-remote-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-mikrotik-routeros-7\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-10948: Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in MikroTik RouterOS 7<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A critical vulnerability has been found in MikroTik RouterOS 7, a popular operating system for routers. This vulnerability, cataloged as CVE-2025-10948, significantly impacts the router&#8217;s functionality, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. As routers are often the first line of defense in a network, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-36342-heap-overflow-vulnerability-in-gpu-driver-leading-to-potential-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87456\">vulnerability could potentially<\/a> expose a network and its users to various forms of cyber-attacks, including unauthorized access, data theft, and Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-10948<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-36326-bypassing-amd-romarmor-protections-to-compromise-system-security\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87853\">System compromise<\/a>, potential data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2963592554\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>MikroTik | RouterOS 7<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58819-unrestricted-file-upload-vulnerability-in-creedally-bulk-featured-image\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87000\">vulnerability lies in the function parse_json_element of the file<\/a> \/rest\/ip\/address\/print of the component libjson.so in MikroTik RouterOS. An attacker can manipulate data that leads to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47131-critical-heap-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-adobe-framemaker\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87334\">buffer overflow<\/a> condition. As a result, attackers can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7388-remote-command-execution-via-java-rmi-interface-in-openedge-adminserver\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87019\">remotely execute<\/a> arbitrary code on the affected system, potentially compromising the system or leading to data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1700161209\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example demonstrating how the vulnerability might be exploited. This example involves sending a malicious HTTP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58833-cross-site-request-forgery-vulnerability-in-invelity-mygls-connect\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86994\">request to the vulnerable<\/a> endpoint:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/rest\/ip\/address\/print HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;overflow&quot;: &quot;AAAAA....[continued until buffer overflow]&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above example, the &#8216;overflow&#8217; field contains an artificially long string of &#8216;A&#8217;s designed to overflow the buffer, potentially leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47127-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-adobe-framemaker\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87065\">arbitrary code execution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best course of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53104-command-injection-vulnerability-in-gluestack-ui-s-github-actions-workflow\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"92091\">action to mitigate this vulnerability<\/a> is to apply the vendor patch as soon as it is available. In the case where the vendor has not provided a patch or the patching is not immediately feasible, implementing a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation. It is crucial to regularly update and patch all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7093-critical-vulnerability-in-belkin-f9k1122-1-00-33-impacting-system-security-and-data-integrity\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91220\">systems to ensure the highest level of security<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview A critical vulnerability has been found in MikroTik RouterOS 7, a popular operating system for routers. This vulnerability, cataloged as CVE-2025-10948, significantly impacts the router&#8217;s functionality, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. As routers are often the first line of defense in a network, this vulnerability could potentially expose a network and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[86,87,80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-79822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-buffer-overflow","attack_vector-dos","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79822"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85299,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79822\/revisions\/85299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79822"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=79822"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=79822"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=79822"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=79822"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=79822"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=79822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}