CVE-2016-2211 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in the AntiVirus Decomposer engine across numerous Symantec and Norton products, including Endpoint Protection, Mail Security, and various consumer antivirus suites. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by processing a specially crafted CAB file during decompression. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability requires user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security landscape.
| 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:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.