SonicOS Post-Auth Format String Vulnerability Enables Crash & RCE
CVE-2024-12805 Published on January 9, 2025
A post-authentication format string vulnerability in SonicOS management allows a remote attacker to crash a firewall and potentially leads to code execution.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-12805 can be exploited with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
The software uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-12805
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Affected Versions
SonicWall SonicOS:- Version 6.5.4.15-117n and older versions is affected.
- Version 7.0.1-5161 and older version is affected.
- Version 7.1.2-7019 is affected.
- Version 8.0.0-8035 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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