CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-15526

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Nov 13, 2017 | Modified: Nov 29, 2017
CVSS 3.x
6.8
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5.2 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Prior to SEE v11.1.3MP1, Symantec Endpoint Encryption can be susceptible to a null pointer de-reference issue, which can result in a NullPointerException that can lead to a privilege escalation scenario.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Endpoint_encryption Symantec * 11.1.3 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References