What is CVE-2017-15529?

CVE-2017-15529 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Norton_family, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2017-12-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-15529?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Symantec Norton_family

CVE-2017-15529

Prior to 4.4.1.10, the Norton Family Android App can be susceptible to a Denial of Service (DoS) exploit. A DoS attack is a type of attack whereby the perpetrator attempts to make a particular device unavailable to its intended user by tem…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.004 (27.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Symantec Norton_family
Symantec Corporation Norton Family Android App — versions Prior to 4.4.1.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15529?: CVE-2017-15529 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Norton_family, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2017-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-15529?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.