PT-2016-6361 · Symantec · Symantec Endpoint Protection+1

Published 2016-07-12 · Updated 2018-03-05 · CVE-2016-5308

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Symantec Endpoint Protection versions prior to 15.0.6 Norton Security versions prior to 15.1.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in memory corruption and system crash, via a malformed Portable Executable (PE) file.

Recommendations For Symantec Endpoint Protection versions prior to 15.0.6, update to version 15.0.6 or later. For Norton Security versions prior to 15.1.2, update to version 15.1.2 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-5308

Affected Products

Norton Security

Symantec Endpoint Protection

References · 6

• http://symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20160707_01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5308 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5308 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/91608 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036265 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036264 · Note