Medium severity · published Oct 27, 2017
CVE-2017-14182
A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 5.4.0 to 5.4.5 allows an authenticated user to cause the web GUI to be temporarily unresponsive, via passing a…
6.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 5.4.0 to 5.4.5 allows an authenticated user to cause the web GUI to be temporarily unresponsive, via passing a specially crafted payload to the 'params' parameter of the JSON web API.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiOS · Fortinet
5.4.0; 5.4.1; 5.4.2; 5.4.3; 5.4.4; 5.4.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14182
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14182
Third Party Advisory
http://code610.blogspot.com/2017/10/patch-your-fortinet-cve-2017-14182.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101559
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039678
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-17-206
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