CVE-2023-6340 — SonicWall Capture Client version 3

SonicWall Capture Client version 3.7.10, NetExtender client version 10.2.337 and earlier versions are installed with sfpmonitor.sys driver. The driver has been found to be vulnerable to Denial-of-Service (DoS) caused by Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability.

01What is this vulnerability?

SonicWall Capture Client version 3.7.10, NetExtender client version 10.2.337 and earlier versions are installed with sfpmonitor.sys driver. The driver has been found to be vulnerable to Denial-of-Service (DoS) caused by Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
SonicWall	Capture Client	3.7.10 and earlier versions
SonicWall	NetExtender	10.2.337 and earlier versions

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-01-17T23:57:06.142Z
• Last modified: 2025-06-11T16:40:22.236Z

09References

• psirt.global.sonicwall.com — https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2023-0019