Resource exhaustion in Fortinet Fortiportal

CVE-2021-36174

A memory allocation with excessive size value vulnerability in the license verification function of FortiPortal before 6.0.6 may allow an attacker to perform a denial of service attack via specially crafted license blobs.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-36174: held from 0.008 to 0.008.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-36174?
CVE-2021-36174 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiportal, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-11-02.
How severe is CVE-2021-36174?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.