CVE-2021-36174

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Published Nov 2, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A memory allocation with excessive size value vulnerability in the license verification function of FortiPortal before 6.0.6 may allow an attacker to perform a denial of service attack via specially crafted license blobs.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Fortinet

Fortinet FortiPortal

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`FortiPortal before 6.0.6`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:fortiportal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-22795	A memory allocation with excessive size value vulnerability in the license verification function of FortiPortal before 6.0.6 may allow an attacker to perform a denial of service attack via specially crafted license blobs.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.781% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-109

History

Oct 25, 2024 2:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Fortinet Fortiportal

Weaknesses

CWE-770

Sources

CVE record Updated: Oct 25, 2024, 1:46 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: fortinet
Published: Nov 2, 2021, 6:15 PM
Updated: Oct 25, 2024, 1:46 PM
Reserved: Jul 6, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 12:47 AM

Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 12:47 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:58 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 2, 2021, 7:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:58 AM

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