Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability in Symantec Anti-Virus Engine

Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability in Symantec Anti-Virus Engine

CVE-2016-2208 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

The kernel component in Symantec Anti-Virus Engine (AVE) 20151.1 before 20151.1.1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory access violation and system crash) via a malformed PE header file.

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