CVE-2024-12803: A post-authentication stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in SonicOS management allows a remote attacker to crash a firewall and…
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.82% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 57.9% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
A post-authentication stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in SonicOS management allows a remote attacker to crash a firewall and potentially leads to code execution.
- Published
- Jan 9, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.8% · 57th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-121
Report tools
Action score
28
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.8%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (sonicwall). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
SonicWall SonicOS
- 6.5.4.15-117n and older versions, 7.0.1-5161 and older version, 7.1.2-7019, 8.0.0-8035affected
Same product
sonicwall: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2024-53704An Improper Authentication vulnerability in the SSLVPN authentication mechanism allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication.KEV98Now
- CVE-2020-5135A buffer overflow vulnerability in SonicOS allows a remote attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS) and potentially execute arbitrary code…KEV77This week
- CVE-2024-40766An improper access control vulnerability has been identified in the SonicWall SonicOS management access, potentially leading to…KEV75This week
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-53705Jan 9, 2025 · A Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability in the SonicOS SSH management interface allows a remote attacker to establish a TCP connection…30Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-53706Jan 9, 2025 · A vulnerability in the Gen7 SonicOS Cloud platform NSv, allows a remote authenticated local low-privileged attacker to elevate privileges…31Monitor
- Later →CVE-2024-12805Jan 9, 2025 · A post-authentication format string vulnerability in SonicOS management allows a remote attacker to crash a firewall and potentially leads…28Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
Credits
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- CatalpaDBappSecurity Co. Ltd.finder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2024-29012203 days apartStack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the SonicOS HTTP server allows an authenticated remote attacker to cause Denial of Service…30Monitor
- CVE-2025-40601315 days apartA Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the SonicOS SSLVPN service allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause Denial of…30Monitor
- CVE-2023-39276450 days apart
SonicOS post-authentication stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the getBookmarkList.json URL endpoint leads to a firewall crash.26Monitor
- CVE-2023-39277450 days apart
SonicOS post-authentication stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the sonicflow.csv and appflowsessions.csv URL endpoints leads to…26Monitor
- CVE-2023-39278450 days apartSonicOS post-authentication user assertion failure leads to Stack-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability via main.cgi leads to a firewall…26Monitor
- CVE-2023-39280450 days apartSonicOS p
ost-authentication Stack-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the ssoStats-s.xml, ssoStats-s.wri URL endpoints leads to a…26Monitor
Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer OverflowCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Attack context
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Change log (0)
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.