6.5

CVE-2022-45861: fortinet fortios Access of Uninitialized Pointer

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
Published 07-03-2023Last modified 22-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-45861 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability in fortinet fortios. EPSS estimates a 0.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56.6% 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
0.82%
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. 07-03-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.82%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

57%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.82% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.82%

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

Fortinet2 products
  • fortios≥ 6.2.0, ≤ 6.2.13 | ≥ 6.4.0, ≤ 6.4.11 | ≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.9 | ≥ 7.2.0, ≤ 7.2.3
  • fortiproxy≥ 7.2.0, ≤ 7.2.1 | ≥ 1.1.5, ≤ 1.1.6 | ≥ 1.2.0, ≤ 1.2.13 | ≥ 2.0.0, ≤ 2.0.11 | ≥ 7.0.0, ≤ 7.0.7 | 1.1.5 | 1.1.6 | 7.2.0 | 7.2.1

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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