CVE-2021-42757

MediumCVSS 6.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A buffer overflow [CWE-121] in the TFTP client library of FortiOS before 6.4.7 and FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.2, may allow an authenticated local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution via specially crafted command line arguments.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.7/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-120 CWE-787

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 8, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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