CVE-2015-1452
The Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) daemon in Fortinet FortiOS 5.0...
The Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) daemon in Fortinet FortiOS 5.0 Patch 7 build 4457 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (locked CAPWAP Access Controller) via a large number of ClientHello DTLS messages.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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The Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) daemon in Fortinet FortiOS 5.0 Patch 7 build 4457 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (locked CAPWAP Access Controller) via a large number of ClientHello DTLS messages.
- Record
CVE-2015-1452- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-17
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) daemon in Fortinet FortiOS 5.0 Patch 7 build 4457 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (locked CAPWAP Access Controller) via a large number of ClientHello DTLS messages.
- Record
CVE-2015-1452- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-1587 No score
The Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) daemon in Fortinet FortiOS 5.0 Patch 7 build 4457 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (locked CAPWAP Access Controller) via a large number of ClientHello DTLS messages.
- Record
EUVD-2015-1587- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jfjv-qmg2-v4v8 No score
The Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) daemon in Fortinet FortiOS 5.0...
The Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) daemon in Fortinet FortiOS 5.0 Patch 7 build 4457 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (locked CAPWAP Access Controller) via a large number of ClientHello DTLS messages.
- Record
GHSA-jfjv-qmg2-v4v8- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-1452 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Fortinet Fortios, published February 2, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.82%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/125
security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/Fortinet_FortiOS_Multiple_Vulnerabilities.pdf
fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-15-002
secunia.com/advisories/61661
securityfocus.com/bid/72383
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1452
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jfjv-qmg2-v4v8