CVE-2017-13682 Information disclosure in Symantec Encryption Desktop

What is CVE-2017-13682?

CVE-2017-13682 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Encryption Desktop, published on 23 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Symantec Encryption Desktop before SED 10.4.1 MP2HF1, a kernel memory leak is a type of resource leak that can occur when a computer program incorrectly manages memory allocations in such a way that memory which is no longer needed is not released. In object-oriented programming, a memory leak may happen when an object is stored in memory but cannot be accessed by the running code.

Weakness: CWE-772

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13682?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Symantec Encryption Desktop.

How do I fix CVE-2017-13682?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-13682 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-13682 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13682 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Encryption Desktop

• CVE-2016-6590 Privilege escalation in Encryption Desktop High 7.8
• CVE-2012-4351 Integer overflow in n/a Medium 6.9
• CVE-2013-1610 Privilege escalation in n/a Medium 6.8
• CVE-2017-6330 Denial of service in Symantec Encryption Desktop Medium 6.5
• CVE-2014-3436 Denial of service in n/a Medium 5.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-w73c-wcqx-mmh3.