CVE-2004-0039
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in HTTP Application Intelligence (AI) component in Check Point Firewall-1 NG-AI R55 and R54, and Check Point Firewall-1 HTTP Security Server included with NG FP1, FP2, and FP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via HTTP requests that cause format string specifiers to be used in an error message, as demonstrated using the scheme of a URI.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 9.3% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2004-0039)
- Published
- March 3, 2004
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2004-0039 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected 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
- Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1© NG - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. - Common Criteria CRP172 - archived
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107604682227031&w=2
- http://www.checkpoint.com/techsupport/alerts/security_server.html
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-072.shtml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/790771(Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9581(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-036A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/162
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14149
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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