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CVE-2022-42475

CRITICAL 9.3 ⚠️ CISA KEV
CVSS Score
9.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability [CWE-122] in FortiOS SSL-VPN 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, 7.0.0 through 7.0.8, 6.4.0 through 6.4.10, 6.2.0 through 6.2.11, 6.0.15 and earlier and FortiProxy SSL-VPN 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, 7.0.7 and earlier may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands via specifically crafted requests.

CWE CWE-197
Vendor fortinet
Product fortiproxy
Ecosystems
Industries
NetworkingSecurity
Published Jan 2, 2023
Last Updated Oct 21, 2025
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:C
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

Fortinet / FortiProxy
7.2.0 ≤ 7.2.1 7.0.0 ≤ 7.0.7 2.0.0 ≤ 2.0.11 1.2.0 ≤ 1.2.13 1.1.0 ≤ 1.1.6 1.0.0 ≤ 1.0.7
Fortinet / FortiOS
7.2.0 ≤ 7.2.2 7.0.0 ≤ 7.0.8 6.4.0 ≤ 6.4.10 6.2.0 ≤ 6.2.11 6.0.0 ≤ 6.0.15 5.6.0 ≤ 5.6.14 5.4.0 ≤ 5.4.13 5.2.0 ≤ 5.2.15 5.0.0 ≤ 5.0.14

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
fortiguard.com: https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-398 cisa.gov: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-42475