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CVE-2012-4953

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Published: Nov 14, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

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9.3
Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 10.0
Source: NVD

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 (10)

Symantec
3 products
Antivirus
Endpoint Protection
Scan Engine
Configuration A
10 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Symantec
Antivirus
Version 10.1.0
Antivirus
Version 10.1.4
Antivirus
Version 10.1.5
Antivirus
Version 10.1.6
Antivirus
Version 10.1.7
Antivirus
Version 10.1.8
Antivirus
Version 10.1.9
Symantec
Endpoint Protection
Version 11.0
Endpoint Protection
Version 12.0
Scan Engine
Up to 5.2

Related CWEs

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (8)

Source: cret@cert.org
US Government Resource
Source: cret@cert.org
Source: cret@cert.org
Source: cret@cert.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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