CVE-2021-24022

MEDIUM

4.4

CVSS Score

Published: July 20, 2021 at 10:32 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:39 AM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorFortiManagerFortiAnalyzer

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Severity

MEDIUM4.4

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in FortiAnalyzer CLI 6.4.5 and below, 6.2.7 and below, 6.0.x and FortiManager CLI 6.4.5 and below, 6.2.7 and below, 6.0.x may allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a Denial of Service attack by running the `diagnose system geoip-city` command with a large ip value.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

FortiAnalyzer · Fortinet

95%

v ≤ 6.4.56.0.0 ≤ v < 6.2.86.4.0 ≤ v < 6.4.6

Affected range stops below 6.2.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.4.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

FortiManager · Fortinet

95%

v ≤ 6.4.56.0.0 ≤ v < 6.2.86.4.0 ≤ v < 6.4.6

Affected range stops below 6.2.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 6.4.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-194

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-20-194

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.4MEDIUM[email protected]

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: HIGH
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-120

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