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CVE-2004-1910

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

rufsi.dll in Symantec Virus Detection allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string to the GetPrivateProfileString function. NOTE: this issue was originally reported as a buffer overflow, but that specific claim is disputed by the vendor, although a crash is acknowledged.

Affected products

• Symantec Security Check Virus Detection: all versions

References

• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019891.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108136901406896&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108143485021721&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10069
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15778
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019891.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108136901406896&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108143485021721&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10069
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15778

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