CVE-2004-2147 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash Symantec Norton AntiVirus and Microsoft Outlook by sending malformed emails, requiring user interaction to open the message.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-2147?
CVE-2004-2147 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus, published on 1 Jul 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2147?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Symantec Norton Antivirus.
How do I fix CVE-2004-2147?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2147 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2004-2147 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2147 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Norton Antivirus
Sources
Also known as GHSA-57cw-9v28-cf4v.