What is CVE-2020-29019?

CVE-2020-29019 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiweb, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-01-14.

How severe is CVE-2020-29019?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Fortinet Fortiweb

CVE-2020-29019

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in FortiWeb 6.3.0 through 6.3.7 and version before 6.2.4 may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to crash the httpd daemon thread by sending a request with a crafted cookie header.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.021 (79.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Fortinet Fortiweb
N/a Fortinet Fortiweb — versions FortiWeb 6.3.0 through 6.3.7 and version before 6.2.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

psirt@fortinet.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-29019?: CVE-2020-29019 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiweb, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-29019?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.