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CVE-2012-4953

N/A

Published: November 14, 2012 at 11:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:45 PM UTC

3 products affected across 1 vendorEndpoint ProtectionAntivirusScan Engine

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 6%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Antivirus · Symantec

95%

10.1.0 10.1.4 10.1.5 10.1.6 10.1.7 10.1.8 10.1.9

Endpoint Protection · Symantec

95%

Scan Engine · Symantec

95%

v ≤ 5.2

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (4)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource

Source: [email protected]

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/985625

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56399

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027726

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20121107_00

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-119

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