Memory corruption in Norton Security - CVE-2016-5308
Published: July 11, 2016 / Updated: November 22, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5308
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Broadcom
Affected software:
Norton Security
Norton Security
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause the target system to crash.
The vulnerability exists due to a memory corruption error in processing PE files. A remote unauthenticated attacker can cause the target system to crash by creating a specially crafted portable-executable (PE) file that, when downloaded and manipulated on the target system, will cause a kernel-level memory corruption error in the Client Intrusion Detection System (CIDS).
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a memory corruption error in processing PE files. A remote unauthenticated attacker can cause the target system to crash by creating a specially crafted portable-executable (PE) file that, when downloaded and manipulated on the target system, will cause a kernel-level memory corruption error in the Client Intrusion Detection System (CIDS).
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-5308
The vendor has issued a fix (CIDS 15.1.2), available via LiveUpdate.