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CVE-2024-23615 (GCVE-0-2024-23615)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2024-01-25 23:32

Modified

2025-05-29 15:18

Severity ?

10.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Symantec Messaging Gateway versions 10.5 and before. A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit this vulnerability to achieve remote code execution as root.

References

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URL

Tags

https://blog.exodusintel.com/2024/01/25/symantec-messaging-gateway-libdec2lha-so-stack-buffer-overflow-remote-code-execution/

third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Symantec	Messaging Gateway	Version: 0 ≤ 10.5

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