Is CVE-2014-8951 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-8951 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-8951?

CVE-2014-8951 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

CVE-2014-8951

HIGH · CVSS 7.1EPSS 1.5%EU EUVD

Unspecified vulnerability in Check Point Security Gateway R75, R76, R77, and R77.10, when UserCheck is enabled and the (1) Application Control, (2) URL Filtering, (3) DLP, (4) Threat Emulation, (5) Anti-Bot, or (6) Anti-Virus blade is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (fwk0 process crash, core dump, and restart) via a redirect to the UserCheck page.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.1 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS score: 1.5% (75th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-8778)
Published: November 16, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8778 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

checkpoint / security gateway
checkpoint / security gateway
checkpoint / security gateway
checkpoint / security gateway

References

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

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