CVE-2005-0249
N/A
Published: February 8, 2005 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC
11 products affected across 1 vendorNorton AntivirusNorton Internet SecurityClient Security
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 19%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the DEC2EXE module for Symantec AntiVirus Library allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a UPX compressed file containing a negative virtual offset to a crafted PE header.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 4.3.3
Affected range stops below 4.3.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013133Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/107822x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.02.08.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_ISSPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/187VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18869Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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