CVE-2010-0110

high
Published 2011-01-31 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.9

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Intel Alert Management System (aka AMS or AMS2), as used in Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition (SAVCE) 10.x before 10.1 MR10, Symantec System Center (SSC) 10.x, and Symantec Quarantine Server 3.5 and 3.6, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long string to msgsys.exe, related to the AMSSendAlertAct function in AMSLIB.dll in the Intel Alert Handler service (aka Symantec Intel Handler service); a long (2) modem string or (3) PIN number to msgsys.exe, related to pagehndl.dll in the Intel Alert Handler service; or (4) a message to msgsys.exe, related to iao.exe in the Intel Alert Originator service.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
symantecantivirus10.0
symantecantivirus10.0.1
symantecantivirus10.0.1.1
symantecantivirus10.0.1.2
symantecantivirus10.0.2
symantecantivirus10.0.2.1
symantecantivirus10.0.2.2
symantecantivirus10.0.3
symantecantivirus10.0.4
symantecantivirus10.0.5
symantecantivirus10.0.6
symantecantivirus10.0.7
symantecantivirus10.0.8
symantecantivirus10.0.9
symantecantivirus10.1
symantecantivirus10.1.0.1
symantecantivirus10.1.4
symantecantivirus10.1.4.1
symantecantivirus10.1.5
symantecantivirus10.1.5.1
symantecantivirus10.1.6
symantecantivirus10.1.6.1
symantecantivirus10.1.7
symantecantivirus10.1.8
symantecantivirus10.1.9
symantecantivirus10.2
symantecsystem_center10.0
symantecsystem_center10.1
symantecantivirus_central_quarantine_server3.5
symantecantivirus_central_quarantine_server3.6

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.