CVE-2017-13683 Information disclosure in Symantec Endpoint Encryption
A kernel memory leak in Symantec Endpoint Encryption allows attackers to potentially access sensitive data from unreleased memory.
- 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-2017-13683?
CVE-2017-13683 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symantec Endpoint Encryption, 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 Endpoint Encryption before SEE 11.1.3HF3, 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-2017-13683?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Symantec Endpoint Encryption.
How do I fix CVE-2017-13683?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-13683 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-13683 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13683 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Endpoint Encryption
- CVE-2019-9702 Privilege escalation in Endpoint Encryption
- CVE-2019-9703 Symantec Endpoint Encryption, prior to SEE 11.3.0, may be susceptible to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which is a type of issue that
- CVE-2019-9694 Privilege escalation in Symantec Endpoint Encryption
- CVE-2015-8156 Privilege escalation in n/a
- CVE-2017-15526 Null dereference in Symantec Endpoint Encryption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9f6g-gw86-9q96.