High severity · published Jan 9, 2025
CVE-2024-12805
A post-authentication format string vulnerability in SonicOS management allows a remote attacker to crash a firewall and potentially leads to code execution
7.2
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A post-authentication format string vulnerability in SonicOS management allows a remote attacker to crash a firewall and potentially leads to code execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SO
SonicOS · SonicWall
6.5.4.15-117n and older versions; 7.0.1-5161 and older version; 7.1.2-7019; 8.0.0-8035 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12805
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12805
psirt.global.sonicwall.com
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0004
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