CVE-2025-24477
A heap-based buffer overflow in Fortinet FortiOS versions 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, 7.4.0 through 7.4...
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, FortiOS 7.2.4 through 7.2.12 allows an attacker to escalate its privileges via a specially crafted CLI command
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, FortiOS 7.2.4 through 7.2.12 allows an attacker to escalate its privileges via a specially crafted CLI command
- Record
CVE-2025-24477- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:U/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-21420
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, FortiOS 7.2.4 through 7.2.12 allows an attacker to escalate its privileges via a specially crafted CLI command
- Record
EUVD-2025-21420- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:U/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-36g4-wrrw-63fh
A heap-based buffer overflow in Fortinet FortiOS versions 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, 7.4.0 through 7.4...
A heap-based buffer overflow in Fortinet FortiOS versions 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, 7.2.4 through 7.2.11 allows an attacker to escalate its privileges via a specially crafted CLI command
- Record
GHSA-36g4-wrrw-63fh- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.6.0 through 7.6.2, FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.7, FortiOS 7.2.4 through 7.2.12 allows an attacker to escalate its privileges via a specially crafted CLI command
- Record
CVE-2025-24477- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-24477 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) in Fortinet Fortios, published July 15, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.24%, the 15th percentile. No source names a fixed version.