# CVE-2017-6330: Denial of service in Symantec Encryption Desktop

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via resource consumption in Symantec Encryption Desktop.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Sep 2017
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g8cp-c3f8-rjmm

## What is CVE-2017-6330?

CVE-2017-6330 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Symantec Encryption Desktop, published on 13 Sep 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Symantec Encryption Desktop before SED 10.4.1MP2 can allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via crafted web requests."

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6330?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Symantec Encryption Desktop.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-6330?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6330 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-6330 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6330 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Encryption Desktop

- [CVE-2016-6590](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6590/): Privilege escalation in Encryption Desktop (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2012-4351](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4351/): Integer overflow in n/a (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2013-1610](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1610/): Privilege escalation in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2017-13682](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-13682/): Information disclosure in Symantec Encryption Desktop (medium 5.7)
- [CVE-2014-3436](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3436/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-6330 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-6330 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Symantec Encryption Desktop, published on 13 Sep 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6330 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Symantec Encryption Desktop. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6330/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6330/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6330
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6330
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6330

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6330/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.