CVE-2004-0040

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Check Point VPN-1 Server 4.1 through 4.1 SP6 and Check Point SecuRemote/SecureClient 4.1 through 4.1 build 4200 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an ISAKMP packet with a large Certificate Request packet.

Affected products

checkpoint Firewall-1: 4.1, 4.1-sp1, 4.1-sp2, 4.1-sp3, 4.1-sp4, 4.1-sp5 (+3)
checkpoint Vpn-1: 4.1-sp5a, next_generation_fp0, next_generation_fp1

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107604682227031&w=2
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-073.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/873334
http://www.osvdb.org/3821
http://www.osvdb.org/4432
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9582
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/163
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14150
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107604682227031&w=2
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-073.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/873334
http://www.osvdb.org/3821

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