#VU61 Memory corruption in Broadcom products - CVE-2016-2207

Vulnerability identifier: #VU61

Vulnerability risk: High

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2207

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerable software:
Symantec Antivirus Engine
Symantec Endpoint Protection
Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers (SPSS)
Symantec Data Center Security:Server (SDCS:S)
Symantec Mail Security for Domino (SMSDOM)
Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange (SMSMSE)
Symantec Protection Engine (SPE)
Symantec Scan Engine

Software vendor:
Broadcom

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a memory corruption on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to boundary error in Symantec Antivirus scan engine. A remote unauthenticated attacker can cause a remote memory corruption by sending a specially crafted archive to vulnerable server.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Updates to resolve these issues can be installed using product update functionality. Users of Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP), Symantec Protection Engine (SPE), Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers (SPSS), Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange (SMSMSE) and Symantec Mail Security for Domino (SMSDOM) should apply custom patches. For more information, please refer to vendors advisory, specified in External links section.

• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=810&q=label%3AVendor-Symantec