6.5

CVE-2019-17656: fortinet fortinet fortiproxy, fortios Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
Published 12-04-2021Last modified 25-10-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-17656 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in fortinet fortinet fortiproxy, fortios. EPSS estimates a 1.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.57%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-04-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the HTTPD daemon of FortiOS 6.0.10 and below, 6.2.2 and below and FortiProxy 1.0.x, 1.1.x, 1.2.9 and below, 2.0.0 and below may allow an authenticated remote attacker to crash the service by sending a malformed PUT request to the server. Fortinet is not aware of any successful exploitation of this vulnerability that would lead to code execution.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.57%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

75%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.57% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.57%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Fortinet3 products

1 vendor · 3 products

References

2 links