CVE-2024-40765 is a critical integer-based buffer overflow vulnerability in SonicOS, specifically within its IPSec implementation. This flaw allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted IKEv2 payload. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| SonicWall | SonicOS | 6.5.4.4-44v-21-2395 and older versions, 7.0.1-5151 and older versions, 7.1.1-7051 and older versionsCNA affecteddefault unknown |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.