CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-5308
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-07-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
The Client Intrusion Detection System (CIDS) driver before 15.0.6 in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and before 15.1.2 in Norton Security allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) via a malformed Portable Executable (PE) file.
Affected configurations
• symantec client intrusion detection system (< 15.1.2)
• symantec client intrusion detection system (< 15.0.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91608 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036264 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036265 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160707_01 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91608 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036264 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036265 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160707_01 Vendor Advisory