What is CVE-2024-23614?

CVE-2024-23614 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Symantec Messaging Gateway, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2024-01-26.

How severe is CVE-2024-23614?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Broadcom Symantec Messaging Gateway

CVE-2024-23614

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Symantec Messaging Gateway versions 9.5 and before. A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit this vulnerability to achieve remote code execution as root.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2024-01-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Broadcom Symantec Messaging Gateway
Symantec Messaging Gateway — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

blog.exodusintel.com/2024/01/25/symantec-messaging-gateway-stack-buffer-overflo… (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-23614?: CVE-2024-23614 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Symantec Messaging Gateway, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2024-01-26.
How severe is CVE-2024-23614?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.