FortiOS OOB Write DoS (v6.4.0-7.6.0)
CVE-2024-52963 Published on January 14, 2025

A out-of-bounds write in Fortinet FortiOS versions 7.6.0, 7.4.0 through 7.4.6, 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, 7.0.0 through 7.0.16, 6.4.0 through 6.4.15 allows attacker to trigger a denial of service via specially crafted packets.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2024-52963 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
HIGH
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
LOW

Weakness Type

What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?

The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.

CVE-2024-52963 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2024-52963

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Affected Versions

Fortinet FortiProxy: Fortinet FortiOS: Fortinet FortiPAM: Siemens RUGGEDCOM APE1808:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.66%
Percentile
46.63%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.