CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-2208
9.1 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-05-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.4 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
The 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.
Affected configurations
• symantec anti-virus engine (<= 20151.1.0.32)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90653 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035903 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&suid=20160516_00 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=820 bugs.chromium.org
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39835/ www.exploit-db.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90653 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035903 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&suid=20160516_00 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=820 bugs.chromium.org
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39835/ www.exploit-db.com