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CVE-2017-14182

A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 5.4.0 to 5.4.5 allows an...

6.5 Medium

A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 5.4.0 to 5.4.5 allows an authenticated user to cause the web GUI to be temporarily unresponsive, via passing a specially crafted payload to the 'params' parameter of the JSON web API.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.75%Up 0.4 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 5.4.0 to 5.4.5 allows an authenticated user to cause the web GUI to be temporarily unresponsive, via passing a specially crafted payload to the 'params' parameter of the JSON web API.

Record
CVE-2017-14182
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 5.4.0 to 5.4.5 allows an authenticated user to cause the web GUI to be temporarily unresponsive, via passing a specially crafted payload to the 'params' parameter of the JSON web API.

Record
CVE-2017-14182
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-5692 No score

A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 5.4.0 to 5.4.5 allows an authenticated user to cause the web GUI to be temporarily unresponsive, via passing a specially crafted payload to the 'params' parameter of the JSON web API.

Record
EUVD-2017-5692
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-663g-ww93-9qmp 6.5

A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 5.4.0 to 5.4.5 allows an...

A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 5.4.0 to 5.4.5 allows an authenticated user to cause the web GUI to be temporarily unresponsive, via passing a specially crafted payload to the 'params' parameter of the JSON web API.

Record
GHSA-663g-ww93-9qmp
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-14182 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Fortinet Fortios, published October 27, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.75%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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