Is CVE-2000-1201 being actively exploited?

CVE-2000-1201 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2000-1201?

CVE-2000-1201 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2000-1201

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.3%EU EUVD

Check Point FireWall-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (high CPU) via a flood of packets to port 264.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS score: 1.3% (70th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2000-1186)
Published: August 31, 2001
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2000-1186 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

checkpoint / firewall-1

Certified products that may be affected

4 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

VPN-1 [1] and Security Gateway with firewall and vpn Software Blades [2] - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. - FIPS 140 1219 - historical
Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 NGX - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0033-2006 - archived
Check Point Software Technologies Incorporated VPN-1/FireWall-1 Next Generation Feature Pack 1 - Check Point Software Technologies Incorporated - Common Criteria 383-4-41 - archived

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0085.html(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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