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Fortinet FortiOS: NULL Pointer Dereference (CVE-2023-42786)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 14, 2025
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
May 28, 2026

Description

A null pointer dereference in FortiOS versions 7.4.0 through 7.4.1, 7.2.0 through 7.2.5, 7.0 all versions, 6.4 all versions , 6.2 all versions and 6.0 all versions allows attacker to trigger a denial of service via a crafted http request.

Solutions

fortios-upgrade-7_2_6fortios-upgrade-7_4_2
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