CVE-2024-5974
Firebox Authenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
At a glance Severity HIGH 8.6 EPSS EPSS 1.05 % · percentile 64 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2024-07-09 Updated 2026-08-07 Assigner WatchGuard NVD status Modified 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 Version Score Vector Scored by CVSS 4.0 HIGH 8.6 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 CVSS 4.0 HIGH 8.6 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X NVD · 5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3 (Secondary) CVSS 3.1 HIGH 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.9.4 < 12.5.12cpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.6 < 12.10.4cpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware:12.5.12:u1:*:*:*:*:*:*Affected products
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