CVE-2022-25292 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2022-25292?

CVE-2022-25292 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Watchguard Fireware, published on 24 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A wgagent stack-based buffer overflow in WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allows an authenticated remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code by initiating a firmware update with a malicious upgrade image. This vulnerability impacts Fireware OS before 12.7.2_U2, 12.x before 12.1.3_U8, and 12.2.x through 12.5.x before 12.5.9_U2.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25292?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Watchguard Fireware.

How do I fix CVE-2022-25292?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-25292 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-25292 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25292 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Watchguard Fireware

• CVE-2022-26318 WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Appliances Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-14733 WatchGuard Firebox Out of Bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.3
• CVE-2025-9242 WatchGuard Firebox Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.3
• CVE-2022-23176 WatchGuard Firebox and XTM Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-31789 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.8

All Watchguard Fireware vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-xw96-5rq6-6334.