CVE-2014-8951

Description

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.

7.1

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.83% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory checkpoint.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/58487	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67993	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98761	vdb entry
https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solutionid=sk100505	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-8951?: CVE-2014-8951 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-8951?: To fix CVE-2014-8951, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-8951 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-8951 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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