CVE-2021-36173
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-12-08 18:42
Modified
2024-10-25 13:38
Severity ?
8.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:W/RC:C
Summary
A heap-based buffer overflow in the firmware signature verification function of FortiOS versions 7.0.1, 7.0.0, 6.4.0 through 6.4.6, 6.2.0 through 6.2.9, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.13 may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code via specially crafted installation images.
References
psirt@fortinet.comhttps://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-115Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-115Patch, Vendor Advisory
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