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CVE record · CVE-2022-42475

Fortinet FortiProxy: A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability [CWE-122] in FortiOS SSL-VPN 7.2.0 through…

CVSS 9.3 CriticalCriticalIn CISA KEV · ransomwareEPSS 0.99 · 99th percentile

Critical, because:

  • In CISA’s KEV catalogue since 13 Dec 2022: it is known to be exploited.
  • CVSS score 9.3: 9.0 or more.
  • CVSS score 9.3 (7.0 or more) and EPSS 0.99 (0.1 or more): a high score and a real chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: fortinet) at 2 Jan 2023, 08:18 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Fortinet FortiProxy
  • affected 7.2.0 to 7.2.1, inclusive semver
  • affected 7.0.0 to 7.0.7, inclusive semver
  • affected 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, inclusive semver
  • affected 1.2.0 to 1.2.13, inclusive semver
  • affected 1.1.0 to 1.1.6, inclusive semver
  • affected 1.0.0 to 1.0.7, inclusive semver
Other versions: unaffected
Fortinet FortiOS
  • affected 7.2.0 to 7.2.2, inclusive semver
  • affected 7.0.0 to 7.0.8, inclusive semver
  • affected 6.4.0 to 6.4.10, inclusive semver
  • affected 6.2.0 to 6.2.11, inclusive semver
  • affected 6.0.0 to 6.0.15, inclusive semver
  • affected 5.6.0 to 5.6.14, inclusive semver
  • affected 5.4.0 to 5.4.13, inclusive semver
  • affected 5.2.0 to 5.2.15, inclusive semver
  • affected 5.0.0 to 5.0.14, inclusive semver
Other versions: unaffected
Identifiers
CVE-2022-42475
CNA
fortinet
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-197
Tags
Published
2 Jan 2023
Updated
21 Oct 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
9.3 Critical 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:C CNA (fortinet)
  • CISA KEV Listed since 13 Dec 2022: known to be exploited. CISA reports use in ransomware campaigns.
  • EPSS 0.99, the 99th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 2 Jan 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.