Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Symantec Messaging Gateway versions 10.5 and before. A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit this vulnerability to achieve remote code execution as root.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-23615

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 10.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: Symantec

Product: Messaging Gateway

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 7.55% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 91.33% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-06 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: total

SSVC Automatable: true

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23615
https://blog.exodusintel.com/2024/01/25/symantec-messaging-gateway-libdec2lha-so-stack-buffer-overflow-remote-code-execution/

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