CVE-2005-0249

highpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.188 · 97 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

18.8% (97th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

47 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7.5

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.06.4mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-122USLLM-inferred

affected products (47)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
symantec antivirus scan engine< 4.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus_scan_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec brightmail antispam= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:brightmail_antispam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec brightmail antispam= 5.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:brightmail_antispam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client security= 1.0.1_build_8.01.434nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client security= 1.0.1_build_8.01.437nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client security= 1.0.1_build_8.01.446nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client security= 1.0.1_build_8.01.457nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client security= 1.0.1_build_8.01.460nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client security= 1.0.1_build_8.01.464nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client security= 1.0.1_build_8.01.471nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client security= 1.1.1_mr1_build_8.1.1.314anvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client security= 1.1.1_mr2_build_8.1.1.319nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client security= 1.1.1_mr3_build_8.1.1.323nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client security= 1.1.1_mr4_build_8.1.1.329nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client security= 1.1.1_mr5_build_8.1.1.336nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec gateway security= 1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:gateway_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec gateway security= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:gateway_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec gateway security= 2.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:gateway_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec mail security= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:mail_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2005-02-08modified 2026-06-16

references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://securitytracker.com/id?1013133 enisa_euvd
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/107822 enisa_euvd
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.02.08.html enisa_euvd
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/187 enisa_euvd
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18869 enisa_euvd
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013133Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/107822PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcenvd
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.02.08.htmlPatchVendor Advisorynvd

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