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CVE-2016-2208

The kernel component in Symantec Anti-Virus Engine (AVE) 20151.1 before 20151.1.1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory access violation and system crash) via a malformed PE header file.

Published

2016-05-19T10:59:00.127

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.1 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

9.2

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	symantec	anti-virus_engine	≤ 20151.1.0.32	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90653 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035903 ([email protected])
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&suid=20160516_00 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=820 ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39835/ ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90653 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035903 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&suid=20160516_00 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=820 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39835/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)