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CVE-2012-4953

The decomposer engine in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 11.0, Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 12.0, Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition (SAVCE) 10.x, and Symantec Scan Engine (SSE) before 5.2.8 does not properly perform bounds checks of the contents of CAB archives, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

Published

2012-11-14T12:30:59.727

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-119
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application symantec antivirus 10.1.0 Yes
Application symantec antivirus 10.1.4 Yes
Application symantec antivirus 10.1.5 Yes
Application symantec antivirus 10.1.6 Yes
Application symantec antivirus 10.1.7 Yes
Application symantec antivirus 10.1.8 Yes
Application symantec antivirus 10.1.9 Yes
Application symantec endpoint_protection 11.0 Yes
Application symantec endpoint_protection 12.0 Yes
Application symantec scan_engine ≤ 5.2 Yes
References