What is CVE-2017-13682?

CVE-2017-13682 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Encryption Desktop, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2017-10-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-13682?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Symantec Encryption Desktop

CVE-2017-13682

In Symantec Encryption Desktop before SED 10.4.1 MP2HF1, a kernel memory leak is a type of resource leak that can occur when a computer program incorrectly manages memory allocations in such a way that memory which is no longer needed is not released. In object-oriented programming, a memory leak may happen when an object is stored in memory but cannot be accessed by the running code.

EPSS: 0.003 (20.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Symantec Encryption_desktop
Symantec Corporation Encryption Desktop — versions prior to SED 10.4.1 MP2HF1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

secure@symantec.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
secure@symantec.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-13682?: CVE-2017-13682 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Encryption Desktop, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2017-10-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-13682?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.