7.5

CVE-2005-0249: symantec antivirus_scan_engine

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 08-02-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-0249 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in symantec antivirus_scan_engine. EPSS estimates a 18.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
18.83%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 08-02-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the DEC2EXE module for Symantec AntiVirus Library allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a UPX compressed file containing a negative virtual offset to a crafted PE header.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

18.83%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 18.83% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
18.83%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Symantec11 products
  • antivirus_scan_engine< 4.3.3
  • brightmail_antispam4.0 | 5.5
  • client_security1.0.1_build_8.01.434:mr3 | 1.0.1_build_8.01.437 | 1.0.1_build_8.01.446:mr4 | 1.0.1_build_8.01.457:mr5 | 1.0.1_build_8.01.460:mr6 | 1.0.1_build_8.01.464:mr7 | 1.0.1_build_8.01.471:mr8 | 1.1.1_mr1_build_8.1.1.314a | 1.1.1_mr2_build_8.1.1.319 | 1.1.1_mr3_build_8.1.1.323 | 1.1.1_mr4_build_8.1.1.329 | 1.1.1_mr5_build_8.1.1.336
  • gateway_security1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0.1
  • mail_security4.0 | 4.1:build_458 | 4.1:build_459 | 4.1:build_461 | 4.5_build_719

1 vendor · 11 products

References

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