CVE-2004-0039
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in HTTP Application Intelligence (AI) component in Check Point Firewall-1 NG-AI R55 and R54, and…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 9.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 35 days later
· 35 days later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.3% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 20040204 Checkpoint Firewall-1 HTTP Parsing Format String Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISSx_transferred
- VU#790771 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20040205 Two checkpoint fw-1/vpn-1 vulns (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- fw1-format-string(14149) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- O-072 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- http://www.checkpoint.com/techsupport/alerts/security_server.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 9581 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- TA04-036A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0039 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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