🛡️ CVE-2023-27997
🔴 CVSS 9.8 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-122 NVD
9.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability [CWE-122] in FortiOS version 7.2.4 and below, version 7.0.11 and below, version 6.4.12 and below, version 6.0.16 and below and FortiProxy version 7.2.3 and below, version 7.0.9 and below, version 2.0.12 and below, version 1.2 all versions, version 1.1 all versions SSL-VPN may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands via specifically crafted requests.

Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-122
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-06-13
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2025-10-24
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
fortios
fortiproxy 7.2.0 7.2.3

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