Symantec Norton Antivirus 2003 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Symantec Norton Antivirus 2003. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2004-2147. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Symantec Norton Antivirus 2003 (Anti-Malware Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Unknown versions of Symantec Norton AntiVirus and Microsoft Outlook allow attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed e-mail messages (1) without a body or (2) without a carriage return ("\n") separating the headers from the body.

The weakness was published 12/31/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-2147. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38332 (Symantec Norton AntiVirus Malformed Email Denial of Service Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22235), SecurityFocus (BID 11259†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-10508†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Anti-Malware Software

Vendor

Symantec

Name

Norton Antivirus

Version

2003

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.symantec.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/25/2004 🔍
09/27/2004 +2 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +95 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +0 days 🔍
07/01/2005 +181 days 🔍
02/28/2006 +242 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3296 days 🔍
07/06/2025 +3772 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-2147 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2147
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23060
X-Force: 22235
SecurityFocus: 11259 - Symantec Norton AntiVirus Malformed EMail Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 10508 - Symantec Norton Antivirus DoS via eMails w/o Body or \, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 15:52
Updated: 07/06/2025 06:55
Changes: 03/09/2015 15:52 (47), 12/02/2016 11:46 (9), 06/30/2021 20:04 (3), 07/06/2025 06:55 (16)
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