CVE-2022-45861
An access of uninitialized pointer vulnerability [CWE-824] in the SSL VPN portal of Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, version 7.0.0 through 7.0.9 and before 6.4.11 and FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, version 7.0.0 through 7.0.7 and before 2.0.11 allows a remote authenticated attacker to crash the sslvpn daemon via an HTTP GET request.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-824
- EPSS score
- 0.8% (56th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-48714)
- Published
- March 7, 2023
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-48714 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on October 22, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- fortinet / fortios
- fortinet / fortiproxy
- fortinet / fortiproxy
- fortinet / fortiproxy
- fortinet / fortiproxy
- fortinet / fortiproxy
Certified products that may be affected
2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Fortinet, Inc. FortiOS 7.0.7 - Fortinet, Inc. - Common Criteria NSCIB-CC-0590233-CR - active
- FortiGate/FortiOS Version 6.2.7 - Fortinet, Inc. - Common Criteria 559-LSS - archived
References
- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-477(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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