VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-42475

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL

EPSS probability99.47%

CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability

Published2023-01-02

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Known Exploited Vulnerability

Fortinet FortiOS Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Vendor / product: Fortinet / FortiOS

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability [CWE-122] in FortiOS SSL-VPN 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, 7.0.0 through 7.0.8, 6.4.0 through 6.4.10, 6.2.0 through 6.2.11, 6.0.15 and earlier and FortiProxy SSL-VPN 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, 7.0.7 and earlier may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands via specifically crafted requests.

Weakness classification

psirt@fortinet.com: CWE-197
nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references

psirt@fortinet.com — Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 — US Government Resource