CVE-2016-3646 describes a critical vulnerability in the AntiVirus Decomposer engine across numerous Symantec products, including Endpoint Protection, Mail Security, and Norton consumer products. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by providing a specially crafted ZIP archive during decompression. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.4 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, allowing for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently on the CISA KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-40036) is publicly available, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 13.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:norton_security:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* | ||
>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:protection_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.5.0, <= 7.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:protection_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:protection_engine:7.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:advanced_threat_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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.