#VU576 Denial of service in Symantec Endpoint Protection - CVE-2016-5310
Published: September 21, 2016 / Updated: September 14, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU576
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2016-5310
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Symantec Endpoint Protection
Symantec Endpoint Protection
Software vendor:
Broadcom
Broadcom
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause denial of service on the target application.
The weakness exists due to memory corruption 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 memory corruption 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.
Remediation
Update to 12.1.6 MP5.