CVE-2017-13683

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.7 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-10-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-772

Description

In Symantec Endpoint Encryption before SEE 11.1.3HF3, a kernel memory leak is a type of resource leak that can occur when a computer program incorrectly manages memory allocations in such a way that memory which is no longer needed is not released. In object-oriented programming, a memory leak may happen when an object is stored in memory but cannot be accessed by the running code.

Affected products

Symantec Corporation Symantec Endpoint Encryption: 11.0.0, 11.1.0, 11.1.1, 11.1.2

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101498
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171009_00
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101498
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171009_00

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