CVE-2012-0291 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting multiple Symantec pcAnywhere products, including versions through 12.5.3 and various Altiris pcAnywhere Solutions. Attackers can trigger an application crash or hang by sending malformed data from a client or server, or an invalid response. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 12.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:pcanywhere:11.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.