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CVE-2020-15069

Sophos XG Firewall Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 10.7%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 27 February 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Sophos XG Firewall 17.x through v17.5 MR12 allows a Buffer Overflow and remote code execution via the HTTP/S Bookmarks feature for clientless access. Hotfix HF062020.1 was published for all firewalls running v17.x.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
10.67% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 6 February 2025 · due 27 February 2025
Weakness
CWE-120
Affected
sophos/xg firewall firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org

CISA notes

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://community.sophos.com/b/security-blog/posts/advisory-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-user-portal ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15069

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.