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CVE-2012-0291

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-02-22 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Symantec pcAnywhere through 12.5.3, Altiris IT Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), Altiris Client Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x), and Altiris Deployment Solution Remote pcAnywhere Solution 7.1 (aka 12.5.x and 12.6.x) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or hang) via (1) malformed data from a client, (2) malformed data from a server, or (3) an invalid response.

Affected products

• Symantec Altiris Client Management Suite Pcanywhere Solution: 7.0
• Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution Remote Pcanywhere Solution: 7.1
• Symantec Altiris It Management Suite Pcanywhere Solution: 7.0, 7.1
• Symantec Pcanywhere: through 12.5; 10.0, 10.5, 11.0, 11.0.1, 11.5, 11.5.1 (+11)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/48092
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51965
• http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120124_00
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48092
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51965
• http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120124_00

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