CVE-2021-36173

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-36173
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-12-08 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-12-10 16:37:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Fortinet Fortigate-1100e - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fortigate-200f - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fortigate-2600f - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fortigate-3500f - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fortigate-400e - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fortigate-600e - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fortigate 1800f - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fortigate 2200e - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fortigate 3300e - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fortigate 3600e - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fortigate 40f - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fortigate 60f - All All All
Hardware Fortinet Fortigate 7121f - All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 7.0.0 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios 7.0.1 All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios All All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios All All All All
Operating System Fortinet Fortios All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PSIRT Advisories | FortiGuard CONFIRM fortiguard.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 43912 FortiOS Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (FG-IR-21-115)
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