CVE-2024-12805
A post-authentication format string vulnerability in SonicOS management allows a remote attacker...
A post-authentication format string vulnerability in SonicOS management allows a remote attacker to crash a firewall and potentially leads to code execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
A post-authentication format string vulnerability in SonicOS management allows a remote attacker to crash a firewall and potentially leads to code execution.
- Record
CVE-2024-12805- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-134
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-51118
A post-authentication format string vulnerability in SonicOS management allows a remote attacker to crash a firewall and potentially leads to code execution.
- Record
EUVD-2024-51118- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-373j-x448-854g
A post-authentication format string vulnerability in SonicOS management allows a remote attacker...
A post-authentication format string vulnerability in SonicOS management allows a remote attacker to crash a firewall and potentially leads to code execution.
- Record
GHSA-373j-x448-854g- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-134
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A post-authentication format string vulnerability in SonicOS management allows a remote attacker to crash a firewall and potentially leads to code execution.
- Record
CVE-2024-12805- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-134
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-12805 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Sonicwall Sonicos, published January 9, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.73%, the 54th percentile. No source names a fixed version.