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.

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.

EPSS: 0.008 (51.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Fortinet Fortiportal — versions FortiPortal before 6.0.6
Fortinet Fortiportal

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

psirt@fortinet.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

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.