Vulnerability in Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine
CVE-2005-0249
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.188 (97.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.188 · newest: 0.188 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine
- Symantec Brightmail Antispam — versions 4.0, 5.5
- Symantec Client Security — versions 1.0.1_build_8.01.434, 1.0.1_build_8.01.437, 1.0.1_build_8.01.446
- Symantec Gateway Security — versions 1.0, 2.0, 2.0.1
- Symantec Mail Security — versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.5_build_719
- Symantec Norton Antivirus — versions 2.18_build_83, 8.1.1.319, 8.1.1.323
- Symantec Norton Internet Security — versions 2004
- Symantec Norton System Works — versions 2004
- Symantec Sav Filter Domino Nt Ports — versions build3.0.5
- Symantec Sav Filter For Domino Nt — versions 3.1.1
References
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/107822 (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/187 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18869 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
- www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.02.08.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)