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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 14, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2012-4953

CVE-2012-4953

Description

The decomposer engine in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 11.0, Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 12.0, Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition (SAVCE) 10.x, and Symantec Scan Engine (SSE) before 5.2.8 does not properly perform bounds checks of the contents of CAB archives, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

Affected products

10
  • Symantec/Antivirus7 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.0:-:corporate:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.0:-:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.4:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.5:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.6:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.7:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.8:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.1.9:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
  • Symantec/Endpoint Protection2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.0:-:small_business:*:*:*:*:*
  • Symantec/Scan Engine
    cpe:2.3:a:symantec:scan_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=5.2

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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