{"id":"CVE-2023-29178","title":"A access of uninitialized pointer vulnerability [CWE-824] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.11, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiOS 6.2 all versions, FortiOS 6.0 all versions, FortiProxy 7.2.0…","summary":"A access of uninitialized pointer vulnerability [CWE-824] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.11, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiOS 6.2 all versions, FortiOS 6.0 all versions, FortiProxy 7.2.0…","severity":"low","cvss":3.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-824"],"vendor":"Fortinet","product":"FortiOS","affected":["FortiOS >= 7.2.0 <= 7.2.4","FortiOS >= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.11","FortiOS >= 6.4.0 <= 6.4.16","FortiOS >= 6.2.0 <= 6.2.17","FortiOS >= 6.0.0 <= 6.0.18","FortiProxy >= 7.2.0 <= 7.2.3","FortiProxy >= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.9","FortiProxy >= 2.0.0 <= 2.0.14","FortiProxy >= 1.2.1 <= 1.2.13","FortiProxy 01.02.00","FortiProxy >= 1.1.4 <= 1.1.6","FortiProxy >= 01.01.00 <= 01.01.03"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2024-10-22T20:17:55.847522Z"},"published":"2023-06-13","updated":"2026-10-22","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-22T13:48:27.713Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29178","references":[{"url":"https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-095","label":"https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-095"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00949,"epssPercentile":0.61044,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-22T22:00:50.272Z","slug":"CVE-2023-29178","body":"## Overview\n\nA access of uninitialized pointer vulnerability [CWE-824] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.4, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.11, FortiOS 6.4 all versions, FortiOS 6.2 all versions, FortiOS 6.0 all versions, FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, FortiProxy 7.0.0 through 7.0.9, FortiProxy 2.0 all versions, FortiProxy 01.02 all versions, FortiProxy 1.2 all versions, FortiProxy 01.01 all versions, FortiProxy 1.1 all versions allows an authenticated attacker to repetitively crash the httpsd process via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `FortiOS >= 7.2.0 <= 7.2.4`\n- `FortiOS >= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.11`\n- `FortiOS >= 6.4.0 <= 6.4.16`\n- `FortiOS >= 6.2.0 <= 6.2.17`\n- `FortiOS >= 6.0.0 <= 6.0.18`\n- `FortiProxy >= 7.2.0 <= 7.2.3`\n- `FortiProxy >= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.9`\n- `FortiProxy >= 2.0.0 <= 2.0.14`\n- `FortiProxy >= 1.2.1 <= 1.2.13`\n- `FortiProxy 01.02.00`\n- `FortiProxy >= 1.1.4 <= 1.1.6`\n- `FortiProxy >= 01.01.00 <= 01.01.03`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to FortiProxy version 7.2.4 or above\nUpgrade to FortiOS version 7.4.0 or above\nUpgrade to FortiOS version 7.2.5 or above\nUpgrade to FortiOS version 7.0.12 or above","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":22,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":21.5,"likelihood":0.2,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}