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CVE-2020-15069: Sophos XG Firewall Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

CVE-2020-15069 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.8 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2025-02-06

Vendors: Sophos.

Executive brief

Sophos XG Firewall contains a classic buffer overflow vulnerability in the HTTP/S Bookmarks feature for clientless access. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the device.

Affected products

  • Sophos XG Firewall Firmware 17.x through 17.5 MR12

Timeline

  • 2020-06-29: disclosed: NVD Published Date
  • 2020-06-29: patched: Hotfix HF062020.1 released for v17.x
  • 2025-02-06: kev added: Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
  • 2025-02-06: exploited: Reported as exploited in the wild per CISA KEV entry