CVE-2016-2208

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-2208
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-05-19 10:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-12-01 03:08:00 UTC
DescriptionThe kernel component in Symantec Anti-Virus Engine (AVE) 20151.1 before 20151.1.1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory access violation and system crash) via a malformed PE header file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Anti-virus Engine All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Symantec/Norton AntiVirus - ASPack Remote Heap/Pool Memory Corruption - Multiple dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
Symantec Anti Virus Engine Heap Overflow in Processing Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
820 - Symantec/Norton Antivirus ASPack Remote Heap/Pool memory corruption Vulnerability CVE-2016-2208 - project-zero - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org
Security Advisories Relating to Symantec Products - Symantec Antivirus Engine Malformed PE Header Parser Memory Access Violation - 2016-05-16T16:18:17 PDT | Symantec CONFIRM www.symantec.com Vendor Advisory
90653 BID www.securityfocus.com
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