Is CVE-2012-4953 actively exploited?

CVE-2012-4953 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-11.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-4953?

CVE-2012-4953 has a CVSS score of 9.3 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.

How do I patch CVE-2012-4953?

Patch guidance is available from symantec security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2012-4953.

CVE-2012-4953 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2012-4953?

10 products: symantec antivirus, symantec antivirus, symantec antivirus, symantec antivirus, symantec antivirus, and 5 more.

Description

The decomposer engine in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 11.0, Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 12.0, Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition (SAVCE) 10.x, and Symantec Scan Engine (SSE) before 5.2.8 does not properly perform bounds checks of the contents of CAB archives, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: medium
Auth: none
Confidentiality: complete
Integrity: complete
Availability: complete
Weaknesses: CWE-119 · Memory Buffer Errors

Metadata

Primary Vendor: SYMANTEC
Published: 11/14/2012
Last Modified: 4/11/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

symantec : antivirussymantec : antivirussymantec : antivirussymantec : antivirussymantec : antivirussymantec : antivirussymantec : antivirussymantec : endpoint_protectionsymantec : endpoint_protectionsymantec : scan_engine

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD