CVE-2016-6909: fortinet fortios

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-6909 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in fortinet fortios. EPSS estimates a 49.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 24-08-2016
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the Cookie parser in Fortinet FortiOS 4.x before 4.1.11, 4.2.x before 4.2.13, and 4.3.x before 4.3.9 and FortiSwitch before 3.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP request, aka EGREGIOUSBLUNDER.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.