Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 6, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-17652
CVE-2019-17652
Description
A stack buffer overflow vulnerability in FortiClient for Linux 6.2.1 and below may allow a user with low privilege to cause FortiClient processes running under root priviledge crashes via sending specially crafted "StartAvCustomScan" type IPC client requests to the fctsched process due the argv data not been well sanitized.
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*range: <=6.2.1
- (no CPE)range: <=6.2.1
- (no CPE)range: FortiClientLinux 6.2.1 and below
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/forticlient_linuxnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-238nvdVendor Advisory
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