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CVE-2025-9242 - WatchGuard Firebox

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An Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects both the Mobile User VPN with IKEv2 and the Branch Office VPN using IKEv2 when configured with a dynamic gateway peer.This vulnerability affects Fireware OS 11.10.2 up to and including 11.12.4_Update1, 12.0 up to and including 12.11.3 and 2025.1.

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CISA KEVCRITICAL
CVE ID
CVE-2025-9242
Vendor/project
WatchGuard
Product
Firebox
Vulnerability name
WatchGuard Firebox Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
Date added
2025-11-12
Due date
2025-12-03
Known ransomware campaign use
Unknown
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4
9.3
CWE-787

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NVD CVE pagehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9242CVE API docshttps://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilitiesData feedshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/data-feedsCataloghttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogData repositoryhttps://github.com/cisagov/kev-data5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2025-00015134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/watchTowr-vs-WatchGuard-CVE-2025-9242/blob/main/watchTowr-vs-WatchGuard-CVE-2025-9242.py134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-9242