Out-of-bounds Read in Broadcom Symantec Data Center Security Server
CVE-2016-5309
The RAR file parser component in the AntiVirus Decomposer engine in Symantec Advanced Threat Protection: Network (ATP); Symantec Email Security.Cloud; Symantec Data Center Security: Server; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) for Windows before 12.1.6 MP5; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) for Mac; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) for Linux before 12.1.6 MP6; Symantec Endpoint Protection for Small Business Enterprise (SEP SBE/SEP.Cloud); Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud (SEPC) for Windows/Mac; Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 12.1; CSAPI before 10.0.4 HF02; Symantec Protection Engine (SPE) before 7.0.5 HF02, 7.5.x before 7.5.4 HF02, 7.5.5 before 7.5.5 HF01, and 7.8.x before 7.8.0 HF03; Symantec Mail Security for Domino (SMSDOM) before 8.0.9 HF2.1, 8.1.x before 8.1.2 HF2.3, and 8.1.3 before 8.1.3 HF2.2; Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange (SMSMSE) before 6.5.8_3968140 HF2.3, 7.x before 7.0_3966002 HF2.1, and 7.5.x before 7.5_3966008 VHF2.2; Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers (SPSS) before SPSS_6.0.3_To_6.0.5_HF_2.5 update, 6.0.6 before 6.0.6 HF_2.6, and 6.0.7 before 6.0.7_HF_2.7; Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) before 10.6.2; Symantec Messaging Gateway for Service Providers (SMG-SP) before 10.5 patch 260 and 10.6 before patch 259; Symantec Web Gateway; and Symantec Web Security.Cloud allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted RAR file that is mishandled during decompression.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.069 (93.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.069 · newest: 0.069 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Broadcom Symantec Data Center Security Server
- Symantec Advanced Threat Protection
- Symantec Csapi
- Symantec Email Security.cloud
- Symantec Endpoint Protection
- Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud
- Symantec Endpoint Protection For Small Business
- Symantec Mail Security For Domino — versions 8.1.2, 8.1.3
- Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange — versions 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2
- Symantec Messaging Gateway
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036848 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92868 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40405/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036849 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036847 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036850 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-5309?
- CVE-2016-5309 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Symantec Data Center Security Server, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-14.
- How severe is CVE-2016-5309?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.