CVE-2024-5974

Firebox Authenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 8.6 High
Published: Jul 9, 2024
Updated: Aug 7, 2026
Reserved: Jun 13, 2024

Description

A buffer overflow in WatchGuard Fireware OS could may allow an authenticated remote attacker with privileged management access to execute arbitrary code with system privileges on the firewall. This issue affects Fireware OS: from 11.9.6 through 12.10.3.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	8.6 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	WatchGuard

Weaknesses

CWE-120

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Fireware OSWatchGuard	11.9.4 to before 12.10.4Affected
Fireware OSWatchGuard	12.0 to before 12.5.12+701324Affected

References

https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2024-5974vendor-advisory
https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2024-00011

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