CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-0309
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-02-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Symantec Decomposer, as used in certain Symantec antivirus products including Symantec Scan Engine 5.1.2 and other versions before 5.1.6.31, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed RAR file to the Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (ICAP) port (1344/tcp).
Affected configurations
• symantec scan engine (<= 5.1.4.24)
• symantec symantec antivirus filtering domino mpe (<= 3.0.12)
• symantec symantec antivirus network attached storage (<= 4.3.16.39)
• symantec symantec antivirus scan engine (<= 4.3.16.39)
• symantec symantec antivirus scan engine caching (<= 4.3.16.39)
• symantec symantec antivirus scan engine clearswift (<= 4.3.16.39)
• symantec symantec antivirus scan engine for microsoft sharepoint (<= 4.3.16.39)
• symantec symantec antivirus scan engine for ms isa (<= 4.3.16.39)
• symantec symantec antivirus scan engine messaging (<= 4.3.16.39)
• symantec symantec mail security for microsoft exchange (<= 4.6.5.12)
• symantec symantec mail security for microsoft exchange (<= 5.0.4.363)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=667 labs.idefense.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29140 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27913 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019503 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.27.html www.symantec.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0680 www.vupen.com
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=667 labs.idefense.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29140 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27913 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019503 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.27.html www.symantec.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0680 www.vupen.com