Is CVE-2017-7285 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-7285 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-7285?

CVE-2017-7285 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-7285?

CVE-2017-7285 has an EPSS score of 19.34% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2017-7285?

No published fix for CVE-2017-7285 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-7285

HIGHEPSS 97th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability in the network stack of MikroTik Version 6.38.5 released 2017-03-09 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to exhaust all available CPU via a flood of TCP RST packets, preventing the affected router from accepting new TCP connections.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

19.34%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit2

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-44487	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2011-3192	High	7.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11478	Medium	5.3	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-25617	Medium	5.3	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-1000115	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.