An issue was discovered in Fort before 1.6.3. A malicious RPKI repository that descends from a (trusted) Trust Anchor can serve (via rsync or RRDP) a resource certificate containing a Key Usage extension composed of more than two bytes of data. Fort writes this string into a 2-byte buffer without properly sanitizing its length, leading to a buffer overflow.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-45237 is rated Moderate Risk (56.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-01-13 | 0.20% | 0.27% | +0.07% |
| 2 | 2025-11-21 | 0.26% | 0.20% | -0.05% |
| 3 | 2025-11-18 | — | 0.26% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
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3.9 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 9.8 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
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3.9 | 5.9 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2024-45237 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (fort-validator), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-45237 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2024-45237 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (fort-validator), 7 status rows across 7 suites (focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream): released 4, not-affected 2, ignored 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-45237 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| nicmx | fort-validator | < 1.6.3 | cpe:2.3:a:nicmx:fort-validator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://nicmx.github.io/FORT-validator/CVE.html | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00030.html |