Denial of service in Symantec Endpoint Protection - CVE-2016-5309
Published: September 21, 2016 / Updated: September 14, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU575
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5309
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Broadcom
Affected software:
Symantec Endpoint Protection
Symantec Endpoint Protection
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause denial of service on the target application.
The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds memory read error. By using specially crafted RAR file attacker can cause denial of the application service.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability resuslts in denial of service on the vulnerable application.
The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds memory read error. By using specially crafted RAR file attacker can cause denial of the application service.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability resuslts in denial of service on the vulnerable application.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-5309
Update to 12.1.6 MP5.