CVE-2016-2208 is a critical vulnerability in the kernel component of Symantec Anti-Virus Engine (AVE) 20151.1 prior to version 20151.1.1.4. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or trigger a denial of service by sending a specially crafted PE header file. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100, the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to high impact on integrity and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code (EDB-39835) exists, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including reports of exploitation via email.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 20151.1.0.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:anti-virus_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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.