CVE-2007-1495 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can crash the system by sending invalid data to the Symantec firewall driver, requiring a patch to prevent denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-1495?
CVE-2007-1495 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Mar 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The \Device\SymEvent driver in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.1.7, and possibly other products using symevent.sys 12.0.0.20, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via invalid data, as demonstrated by calling DeviceIoControl to send the data, a reintroduction of CVE-2006-4855.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1495?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Symantec Norton Personal Firewall.
How do I fix CVE-2007-1495?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-1495 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-2007-1495 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-1495 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q82c-8r22-pj45.