CVE-2023-29178

Memory Safety in Fortinet Fortiproxy 1.1.0 – 1.1.6

Memory Safety

Published

13 June 2023

Modified

21 November 2024

Patch / advisory

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CVSS Score v3.1 4.3

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Raw vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS Score 0.0088 56th percentile

Risk Priority 39 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-29178 is a medium-severity Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CWE-824) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortiproxy. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 44% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-32779

Vulnerability Data

A access of uninitialized pointer vulnerability [CWE-824] in Fortinet FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 and before 7.0.9 and FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.4 and before 7.0.11 allows an authenticated attacker to repetitively crash the httpsd process via crafted HTTP or…

HTTPS requests.

CWE(s): CWE-824

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation

Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.

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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution

Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.

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T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement

Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.

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T1211 Exploitation for Stealth Stealth

Adversaries may exploit vulnerabilities to evade detection by hiding activity, suppressing logging, or operating within trusted or unmonitored components.

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T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access Credential Access

Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to collect credentials.

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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

fortinet

fortiproxy

7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3 · 1.1.0 — 1.1.6 · 1.2.0 — 1.2.13 · 2.0.0 — 2.0.12

fortinet

fortios

6.0.0 — 6.0.17 · 6.2.0 — 6.2.15 · 6.4.0 — 6.4.13

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match

prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent uninitialized pointer bugs via coding standards, analysis, and reviews, but eliminating this single weakness only partially fulfills the broader control.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match

finds

Security testing can detect uninitialized pointer usage before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match

prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates practices that reduce uninitialized pointer defects.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match

degrades

Application security requirements can specify pointer initialization rules.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match

degrades

Secure architecture principles discourage unsafe pointer handling.