CVE-2019-17656
mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.016 · 75 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-24
A Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the HTTPD daemon of FortiOS 6.0.10 and below, 6.2.2 and below and FortiProxy 1.0.x, 1.1.x, 1.2.9 and below, 2.0.0 and below may allow an authenticated remote attacker to crash the service by sending a malformed PUT request to the server. Fortinet is not aware of any successful exploitation of this vulnerability that would lead to code execution.
cvss
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weaknesses
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affected products (10)
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- Fortinet Fortinet FortiProxy, FortiOS≤ FortiProxy 1.0.x, 1.1.x, 1.2.9 and below, 2.0.0 and below; FortiOS 6.0.10 and below, 6.2.2 and belowenisa_euvdEU
also known as (6)
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sources
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references (11)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-248cnnvd
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-21-007cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17656cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/FortiOS-buffer-overflow-via-HTTPD-33464cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.3426/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.1162cnnvd
- https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-248Patchcnnvd
- https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-19-248enisa_euvd
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