CVE-2014-3436

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-08-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.3.x before 10.3.2 MP3, and Symantec PGP Desktop 10.0.x through 10.2.x, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted encrypted e-mail message that decompresses to a larger size.

Affected products

Symantec Corporation Symantec Encryption Desktop: 10.3.0, 10.3.1, 10.3.2
Symantec Pgp Desktop: 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.1.0, 10.1.1 (+4)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69259
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030761
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20140821_00
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95406
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69259
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030761
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20140821_00
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95406

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