Symantec Endpoint Protection: CVE-2016-3646: ZIP decompression memory access violation
9
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
06/28/2016
07/25/2018
04/27/2018
10/05/2021
Description
The AntiVirus Decomposer engine in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory access violation) via a crafted ZIP archive that is mishandled during decompression.
Solution(s)
- endpoint_protection-upgrade-latest
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