CVE-2012-4953

Published Nov 14, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 6.0% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-4878 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.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
certcc
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 8:50 PM
Reserved
Sep 17, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 14, 2012, 12:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:45 PM