CVE-2023-29178

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.04 BB Relevance: 59/100
Published: 2023-06-13 Modified: 2026-10-22 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: Low

Description

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 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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (13)

VendorProductVersion
fortinet fortios 6.0.0 – 6.0.17
fortinet fortios 6.2.0 – 6.2.15
fortinet fortios 6.4.0 – 6.4.13
fortinet fortios 7.0.0 – 7.0.11
fortinet fortios 7.2.0 – 7.2.4
fortinet fortiproxy 1.1.0 – 1.1.6
fortinet fortiproxy 1.2.0 – 1.2.13
fortinet fortiproxy 2.0.0 – 2.0.12
fortinet fortiproxy 7.0.0 – 7.0.9
fortinet fortiproxy 7.2.0
fortinet fortiproxy 7.2.1
fortinet fortiproxy 7.2.2
fortinet fortiproxy 7.2.3

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

59 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

4.3 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.95%
Raw Score 0.009490
Percentile 61.1%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00949
2026-10-28
0.00949

Intelligence Sources

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