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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2020-29016 in the critical feed json

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in FortiWeb 6.3.0 through 6.3.5 and version before 6.2.4 may allow an unauthenticated, remote a…

published 2021-01-14 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-21398

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.4%
EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in FortiWeb 6.3.0 through 6.3.5 and version before 6.2.4 may allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to overwrite the content of the stack and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a crafted request with a large certname.

Patch / fix

  • fortinet fortiweb 6.2.4

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

3.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Fortinet Fortinet FortiWeb

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.