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CVE-2016-2208

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 19.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-05-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The kernel component in Symantec Anti-Virus Engine (AVE) 20151.1 before 20151.1.1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory access violation and system crash) via a malformed PE header file.

Affected products

• Symantec Anti-Virus Engine: through 20151.1.0.32

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90653
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035903
• http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&suid=20160516_00
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=820
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39835/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90653
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035903
• http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&suid=20160516_00
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=820
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39835/

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