CVE-2012-4953: Buffer Overflow
First published: Wed Nov 14 2012(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cret@cert.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Symantec AntiVirus | =10.1.0 | |
| Symantec AntiVirus | =10.1.4 | |
| Symantec AntiVirus | =10.1.5 | |
| Symantec AntiVirus | =10.1.6 | |
| Symantec AntiVirus | =10.1.7 | |
| Symantec AntiVirus | =10.1.8 | |
| Symantec AntiVirus | =10.1.9 | |
| Symantec Endpoint Protection | =11.0 | |
| Symantec Endpoint Protection | =12.0 | |
| Symantec Scan Engine | <=5.2 |
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Reference Links
- collector/nvd-index
- vendor/symantec
- canonical/symantec antivirus
- version/symantec antivirus/10.1.0
- version/symantec antivirus/10.1.4
- version/symantec antivirus/10.1.5
- version/symantec antivirus/10.1.6
- version/symantec antivirus/10.1.7
- version/symantec antivirus/10.1.8
- version/symantec antivirus/10.1.9
- canonical/symantec endpoint protection
- version/symantec endpoint protection/11.0
- version/symantec endpoint protection/12.0
- canonical/symantec scan engine
- version/symantec scan engine/5.2