CVE-2017-14616 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware before version 12.0. An unauthenticated attacker can crash the wgagent by sending a malformed XML-RPC login attempt with an empty member element, leading to UI session termination for active users. Repeated attacks can render the device's UI unmanageable, resulting in a high severity CVSS score of 7.5. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 11.12.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:watchguard:fireware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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