CVE-2017-13683

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.

Published: Oct 23, 2017
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2017-13683
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Medium
Score: 5.7
AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

Severity: Low
Score: 2.3
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-772

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
symantec / endpoint_encryption	11.0.0	11.0.0.x
symantec / endpoint_encryption	11.1.0	11.1.0.x
symantec / endpoint_encryption	11.1.1	11.1.1.x
symantec / endpoint_encryption	11.1.2	11.1.2.x

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101498
https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171009_00

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2017-13683

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