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    CVE-2012-4953

    The decomposer engine in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 11.0, Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 12.0, Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition (SAVCE) 10.x, and Symantec Scan Engine (SSE) before 5.2.8 does not properly perform bounds checks of the contents of CAB archives, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

    Published:Nov 14, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Nov 14, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.09486
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Symantec
    Product
    Antivirus
    Vendor
    Symantec
    Product
    Endpoint Protection
    Vendor
    Symantec
    Product
    Scan Engine

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High