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Encryption Desktop CVE-2014-1646

LOW
Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)
2014-04-23 secure@symantec.com
2.6
CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY
2.6 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
P

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Apr 23, 2014 - 19:55 cve.org
LOW 2.6

DescriptionCVE.org

Symantec PGP Desktop 10.0.x through 10.2.x and Encryption Desktop Professional 10.3.x before 10.3.2 MP1 do not properly perform memory copies, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read access violation and application crash) via a malformed certificate.

AnalysisAI

Symantec PGP Desktop 10.0.x through 10.2.x and Encryption Desktop Professional 10.3.x before 10.3.2 MP1 do not properly perform memory copies, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of. Rated low severity (CVSS 2.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. Symantec PGP Desktop 10.0.x through 10.2.x and Encryption Desktop Professional 10.3.x before 10.3.2 MP1 do not properly perform memory copies, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read access violation and application crash) via a malformed certificate. Affected products include: Symantec Encryption Desktop, Symantec Pgp Desktop. Version information: through 10.2..

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.

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