# CVE-2004-0683: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause denial of service via CPU consumption by sending a compressed archive with many directories to Symantec Norton AntiVirus.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jul 2004
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-548c-v26q-5pvf

## What is CVE-2004-0683?

CVE-2004-0683 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus, published on 13 Jul 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2002 and 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a compressed archive that contains a large number of directories.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0683?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Symantec Norton Antivirus.

## How do I fix CVE-2004-0683?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0683 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2004-0683 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-0683 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Norton AntiVirus - Denial of Service (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Norton Antivirus

- [CVE-2005-2017](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2017/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0487](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0487/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-3456](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3456/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2002-2206](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-2206/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2002-1774](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1774/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-0683 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2004-0683 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus, published on 13 Jul 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-0683 exists.

Affected product: Symantec Norton Antivirus. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0683/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0683/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0683
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0683
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-0683

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0683/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.