What is CVE-2021-44170?

CVE-2021-44170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiproxy, Fortios, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2022-07-18.

How severe is CVE-2021-44170?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Fortinet Fortiproxy, Fortios

CVE-2021-44170

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability [CWE-121] in the command line interpreter of FortiOS before 7.0.4 and FortiProxy before 2.0.8 may allow an authenticated attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specially crafted command line arguments.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (10.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Fortinet Fortiproxy, Fortios — versions FortiOS before 7.0.4; FortiProxy before 2.0.8
Fortinet Fortios
Fortinet Fortiproxy

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

psirt@fortinet.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-44170?: CVE-2021-44170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiproxy, Fortios, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2022-07-18.
How severe is CVE-2021-44170?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.