# CVE-2022-45861: An access of uninitialized pointer vulnerability \[CWE-824\] in the SSL VPN portal of Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, version 7.

- Severity: CVSS 6.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:F/RL:X/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-03-07 · Updated: 2024-10-22

## Affected

- Fortinet FortiOS: from 7.2.0, through 7.2.3; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.9; from 6.4.0, through 6.4.11; from 6.2.0, through 6.2.13
- Fortinet FortiProxy: from 7.2.0, through 7.2.1; from 7.0.0, through 7.0.7; from 2.0.0, through 2.0.11; from 1.2.0, through 1.2.13; from 1.1.5, through 1.1.6

## Description

An access of uninitialized pointer vulnerability [CWE-824] in the SSL VPN portal of Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, version 7.0.0 through 7.0.9 and before 6.4.11 and FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.1, version 7.0.0 through 7.0.7 and before 2.0.11 allows a remote authenticated attacker to crash the sslvpn daemon via an HTTP GET request.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Fortinet, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Fortinet](https://cve.now/tech/fortinet.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-477

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