CVE-2014-3436 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Symantec Encryption Desktop and PGP Desktop versions. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a specially crafted, encrypted email that decompresses to an excessively large size, consuming CPU and memory resources. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, though it only impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pgp_desktop:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pgp_desktop:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pgp_desktop:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pgp_desktop:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pgp_desktop:10.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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