CVE-2005-2758

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-10-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Integer signedness error in the administrative interface for Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP headers with negative values, which lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine: 4.0, 4.3
Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine For Network Attached Storage: 4.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17049
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/48
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015001
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=314&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/849209
http://www.osvdb.org/19854
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15001
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.04.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1954
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22519
http://secunia.com/advisories/17049
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/48

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