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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 i…

High CVSS 7.2
CVECVE-2024-5974
First seen2026-08-08 02:15 UTC
Disclosed2024-07-09 03:15 UTC
Last updated2026-08-08 02:15 UTC
Channel statusauto

Summary

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.

In-depth triage · Auto channel

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

Affected products

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Lint boundary warnings (3)

The following non-blocking warnings were raised during the lint phase of this triage (e.g. reference URLs not yet on the allowlist). They do not affect entry usability and are disclosed for transparency (see DR-002).

  • REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTED url not in allowlist: https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2024-5974
  • REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTED url not in allowlist: https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2024-00011
  • REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTED url not in allowlist: https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2024-00011

Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

Original Links

Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD