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CVE-2012-4953

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
14/11/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.0:-:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.4:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.5:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.6:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.7:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.8:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.9:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.0:-:small_business:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:symantec:scan_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.2 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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