CVE-2014-9228 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published 20 Sep 2015 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause a denial of service by triggering a deadlock in the Manager component, blocking system shutdown.

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-2014-9228?

CVE-2014-9228 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Protection, published on 20 Sep 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

sysplant.sys in the Manager component in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) before 12.1.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (blocked system shutdown) by triggering an unspecified deadlock condition.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9228?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Symantec Endpoint Protection.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9228?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9228 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-2014-9228 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9228 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-qgh3-qwfh-mh4q.