What is CVE-2023-29178?

CVE-2023-29178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2023-29178?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios

CVE-2023-29178

A access of uninitialized pointer vulnerability [CWE-824] in Fortinet FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 and before 7.0.9 and FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.4 and before 7.0.11 allows an authenticated attacker to repetitively crash the httpsd process via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.

EPSS: 0.009 (55.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Fortinet Fortios — versions 7.2.0, 7.0.0, 6.4.0
Fortinet Fortiproxy — versions 7.2.3, 7.0.0, 7.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-824 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer

References

psirt@fortinet.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-29178?: CVE-2023-29178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2023-29178?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.