Buffer overflow in the GUI authentication code of Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 Management Server 4.0 and 4.1 allows remote attackers to…

Description

Buffer overflow in the GUI authentication code of Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 Management Server 4.0 and 4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long user name.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.9% · top 9.6% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 1951 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 20010919 GUI Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CHECKPOINTx_transferred
• 20010919 Check Point FireWall-1 GUI Log Viewer vulnerability (vuldb 3336) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 3336 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• fw1-log-viewer-bo(7145) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 20011130 Fw: Firewall-1 remote SYSTEM shell buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20010921 Check Point FireWall-1 GUI Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_WIN2KSECx_transferred
• 20011128 Firewall-1 remote SYSTEM shell buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 8 Aug 2024, 04:37 UTC.