CVE-2012-4953
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | {"endIncluding":"5.2"} | |
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/985625
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56399
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027726
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20121107_00
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/985625
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56399
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027726
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20121107_00
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.