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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 14, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 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.

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Affected products

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  • Symantec/Norton 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 Protection3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:12.0:-:small_business:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: =11.0
  • Symantec/Antivirus Scan Engine2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:symantec:scan_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:symantec:scan_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.2
    • (no CPE)range: <5.2.8
  • Symantec/Endpoint Protection Small Business Editionllm-fuzzy
    Range: =12.0

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