CVE-2025-40601 is a high-severity stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the SonicOS SSLVPN service in SonicWall firewalls. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) condition, potentially crashing the affected firewall. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high level of interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.1.1-7040, < 7.3.1-7013CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sonicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 8.0.3-8011CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sonicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.