CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-45584

Double Free

Published: Aug 12, 2025 | Modified: Aug 14, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.2
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A double free vulnerability [CWE-415] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.4.0, version 7.2.0 through 7.2.5 and before 7.0.12, FortiProxy version 7.4.0 through 7.4.1, version 7.2.0 through 7.2.7 and before 7.0.13 and FortiPAM version 1.1.0 through 1.1.2 and before 1.0.3 allows a privileged attacker to execute code or commands via crafted HTTP or HTTPs requests.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Fortios Fortinet 6.4.0 (including) 7.0.13 (excluding)
Fortios Fortinet 7.2.0 (including) 7.2.6 (excluding)
Fortios Fortinet 7.4.0 (including) 7.4.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References