WatchGuard Firebox Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
Critical CVSS 9.8 Listed in CISA KEV
Summary
WatchGuard Firebox contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the OS iked process that may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
In-depth triage · Auto channel
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Affected products
- WatchGuard:Firebox
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Sources
- CISA KEV DATABASE
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9242 advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog kev
- https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2025-00015 reference
- https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2025-9242 Broken Link
- https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/watchTowr-vs-WatchGuard-CVE-2025-9242/blob/main/watchTowr-vs-WatchGuard-CVE-2025-9242.py Exploit
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-9242 US Government Resource
Timeline
- kev_added CISA KEV
- kev_ingest CISA KEV
- nvd_ingest NVD