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CVE-2000-0809

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-11-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Getkey in the protocol checker in the inter-module communication mechanism in Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

Affected products

• checkpoint Firewall-1: 3.0, 4.0, 4.1

References

• http://www.checkpoint.com/techsupport/alerts/list_vun.html#Getkey_Buffer
• http://www.osvdb.org/4422
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5139
• http://www.checkpoint.com/techsupport/alerts/list_vun.html#Getkey_Buffer
• http://www.osvdb.org/4422
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5139

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