A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiOS up to 5.6.12/6.0.10/6.2.4/6.4.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Link Control Protocol Message Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow.

This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-12819. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.