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CVE-2021-26093: fortinet fortiwlc Access of Uninitialized Pointer

CVSS: 6.6v3.1MediumAnalyzed
Published 19-12-2024Last modified 20-12-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-26093 is a medium (CVSS 6.6) Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability in fortinet fortiwlc. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.6/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.16%
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. 19-12-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 20-12-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An access of uninitialized pointer (CWE-824) vulnerability in FortiWLC versions 8.6.0, 8.5.3 and earlier may allow a local and authenticated attacker to crash the access point being managed by the controller by executing a crafted CLI command.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

5%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.16% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.16%

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

Fortinet1 product
  • fortiwlc8.6.0 | ≥ 8.5.0, ≤ 8.5.3 | ≥ 8.4.4, ≤ 8.4.8 | ≥ 8.4.0, ≤ 8.4.2 | ≥ 8.3.0, ≤ 8.3.3 | ≥ 8.2.4, ≤ 8.2.7 | ≥ 8.1.2, ≤ 8.1.3 | 8.0.6 | ≥ 8.0.6, < 8.6.3

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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