CVE-2012-4953 describes a critical vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection, Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition, and Symantec Scan Engine, where improper bounds checking of CAB archives can lead to a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing remote attackers to exploit it with medium complexity. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.0:-:corporate:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.4:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.5:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.6:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.7:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.