CVE-2024-40763: sonicwall sma_200_firmware Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-40763 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in sonicwall sma_200_firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 05-12-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-12-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the SonicWall SMA100 SSLVPN due to the use of strcpy. This allows remote authenticated attackers to cause Heap-based buffer overflow and potentially lead to code execution.

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowA heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().