Symantec Encryption Desktop Memory Copy Read Access Violation Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	67016
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2014-1646
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 23 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 23 2014 12:00AM
Credit:	Jeremy Brown (jerbrown) of ReSP working through Microsoft Vulnerability Research
Vulnerable:	Symantec PGP Desktop 10.2 Symantec PGP Desktop 10.0
Not Vulnerable:

Symantec Encryption Desktop Memory Copy Read Access Violation Denial of Service Vulnerability

Symantec Encryption Desktop is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the application, denying service to legitimate users.

Symantec Encryption Desktop Memory Copy Read Access Violation Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Symantec Encryption Desktop Memory Copy Read Access Violation Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Symantec Encryption Desktop Memory Copy Read Access Violation Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Symantec Encryption Desktop Product Page (Symantec)
  
• Symantec Homepage (Symantec)
  
• Symantec Encryption Desktop Memory Access Violations (Symantec)