Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-25363

Medium

Published: 24 February 2022

Published
24 February 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0018 39.5th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-25363 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Watchguard Fireware. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 39.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

WatchGuard Firebox and XTM appliances allow an authenticated remote attacker with unprivileged credentials to modify privileged management user credentials. 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.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

watchguard
fireware
12.1.3, 12.5.9, 12.7.2 · 12.0.0 — 12.1.3 · 12.2.0 — 12.5.9 · 12.7.0 — 12.7.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References