CVE-2012-4953

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

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

References

Timeline

Published: Nov 14, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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