CVE-2024-5974 Firebox Authenticated Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

What is CVE-2024-5974?

CVE-2024-5974 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Watchguard Fireware, published on 9 Jul 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5974?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Watchguard Fireware.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5974?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5974 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-2024-5974 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5974 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-qqv6-xcxx-rcc7.