CVE-2015-1452

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-02-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-17

Description

The Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) daemon in Fortinet FortiOS 5.0 Patch 7 build 4457 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (locked CAPWAP Access Controller) via a large number of ClientHello DTLS messages.

Affected products

Fortinet FortiOS (FortiGate): 5.0.7

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/125
http://secunia.com/advisories/61661
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-15-002/
http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/Fortinet_FortiOS_Multiple_Vulnerabilities.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72383
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/125
http://secunia.com/advisories/61661
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-15-002/
http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/Fortinet_FortiOS_Multiple_Vulnerabilities.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72383

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