Medium severity · published Mar 7, 2023
CVE-2022-45861
An access of uninitialized pointer vulnerability [CWE-824] in the SSL VPN portal of Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, version 7.0.0 through 7.0.9 and before 6.4.11 and…
6.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An access of uninitialized pointer vulnerability [CWE-824] in the SSL VPN portal of Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, version 7.0.0 through 7.0.9 and before 6.4.11 and FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, version 7.0.0 through 7.0.7 and before 2.0.11 allows a remote authenticated attacker to crash the sslvpn daemon via an HTTP GET request.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiOS · Fortinet
6.2.0 through 6.2.13; 6.4.0 through 6.4.11; 7.0.0 through 7.0.9; 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 · source: NVD
FO
Fortiproxy · Fortinet
1.2.0 through 1.2.13; 2.0.0 through 2.0.11; 7.0.0 through 7.0.7; 1.1.5; 1.1.6; 7.2.0; +1 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45861
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45861
Vendor Advisory
https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-477
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