CVE-2005-0249

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the DEC2EXE module for Symantec AntiVirus Library allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a UPX compressed file containing a negative virtual offset to a crafted PE header.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1013133Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/107822Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.02.08.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/187Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18869VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013133Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/107822Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.02.08.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/187Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18869VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Feb 8, 2005
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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