What is CVE-2017-14616?

CVE-2017-14616 is a high-severity vulnerability in Watchguard Fireware, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-09-20.

How severe is CVE-2017-14616?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Watchguard Fireware

CVE-2017-14616

An FBX-5312 issue was discovered in WatchGuard Fireware before 12.0. If a login attempt is made in the XML-RPC interface with an XML message containing an empty member element, the wgagent crashes, logging out any user with a session opene…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.008 (74.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Watchguard Fireware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14616?: CVE-2017-14616 is a high-severity vulnerability in Watchguard Fireware, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2017-14616?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.