CVE-2016-2209 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Dec2SS.dll component of Symantec's AntiVirus Decomposer engine, impacting numerous Symantec and Norton products across various platforms. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by processing a specially crafted file. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.3 (HIGH), the vulnerability is easily exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, a Proof-of-Concept exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.0, <= 7.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:mail_security_for_microsoft_exchange:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.5, <= 7.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:mail_security_for_microsoft_exchange:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:mail_security_for_microsoft_exchange:6.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_power_eraser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:protection_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.