Authenticated denial of service via null dereference
Published Jan 14, 2025 · Updated Jan 14, 2025
Null pointer dereference in Fortinet FortiOS allows remote authenticated users to cause denial of service through a crafted HTTP request. Fortinet has not disclosed the affected HTTP-processing component or how attacker-controlled request data reaches and dereferences the null pointer. Low-privileged access is required, and the published impact is limited to availability with no reported data disclosure or modification.
Summary
What happened
Null pointer dereference in Fortinet FortiOS allows remote authenticated users to cause denial of service through a crafted HTTP request. Fortinet has not disclosed the affected HTTP-processing component or how attacker-controlled request data reaches and dereferences the null pointer. Low-privileged access is required, and the published impact is limited to availability with no reported data disclosure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-42786
- Published
- Jan 14, 2025
- Updated
- Jan 14, 2025
- Vendor
- Fortinet
- Product
- FortiOS
- Classifications
- CWE-476, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 14, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.0.0 <=6.0.18
- Affected versionversion=6.2.0 <=6.2.16
- Affected versionversion=6.4.0 <=6.4.15
- Affected versionversion=7.0.0 <=7.0.16
- Affected versionversion=7.2.0 <=7.2.5
- Affected versionversion=7.4.0 <=7.4.1
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