What is CVE-2018-12244?

CVE-2018-12244 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection, classified under Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2019-04-25.

How severe is CVE-2018-12244?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection

CVE-2018-12244

SEP (Mac client) prior to and including 12.1 RU6 MP9 and prior to 14.2 RU1 may be susceptible to a CSV/DDE injection (also known as formula injection) vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an application or website allows untrusted input into CSV files.

Published 2019-04-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Symantec Endpoint Protection — versions 11.0, 12.1, 14
Symantec Corporation Endpoint Protection (Mac Client) — versions Prior to and including 12.1 RU6 MP9, Prior to 14.2 RU1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1236 — Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File

References

support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1479.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/107999 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12244?: CVE-2018-12244 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection, classified under Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2019-04-25.
How severe is CVE-2018-12244?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.