CVE-2025-1547

WatchGuard Firebox Authenticated Stack Overflow in Certificate Request Command

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: December 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM UTC
Updated: September 25, 2026 at 11:27 PM UTC
28 products affected across 1 vendorFirewareFirebox M4800Firebox T55

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability [CWE-121] in WatchGuard Fireware OS's certificate request command could allow an authenticated privileged user to execute arbitrary code via specially crafted CLI commands.This issue affects Fireware OS: from 12.0 through 12.5.12+701324, from 12.6 through 12.11.2.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

12.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.11.312.0 ≤ v < 12.5.1312.0.0 ≤ v < 12.11.312.5 ≤ v < 12.5.1312.0
Affected range stops below 12.11.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 12.5.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
watchguard-firebox-m270 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-m290 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-m370 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-m390 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-m440 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-m4600 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-m470 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-m4800 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-m5600 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-m570 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-m5800 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-m590 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-m670 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-m690 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-nv5 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-t15 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-t20 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-t25 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-t35 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-t40 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-t45 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-t55 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-t70 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-t80 (environment) · watchguard-firebox-t85 (environment) · watchguard-fireboxcloud (environment) · watchguard-fireboxv (environment)
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Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

Vendor Advisory
Source: 5d1c2695-1a31-4499-88ae-e847036fd7e3
https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2025-00013
Vendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://psirt.watchguard.com/CVE-2025-1547

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-121

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