Symantec Messaging Gateway vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.

Product1 known exploited7 versions
The short answer

Symantec Messaging Gateway is made by Broadcom. We track 6 published vulnerabilities in it, across 7 versions. 1 of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 4 May 2022. If you run Symantec Messaging Gateway, check your version against the exploited flaws below and patch those first.

Check your version

The most recent Symantec Messaging Gateway flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2014-0160, on 4 May 2022. We keep watching the known-exploited list.

Versions

Which versions of Symantec Messaging Gateway do the exploited flaws hit?

Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, as published by the vendor. Find your version, then patch.

  • CVE-2014-0160Exploited list, 4 May 2022

    OpenSSL Information Disclosure Vulnerability

    10.6.010.6.1
Known exploited

Which Symantec Messaging Gateway vulnerabilities are being exploited?

1 flaw is on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.

  1. 7.5
    CVE-2014-0160HighKnown exploited
    OpenSSL Information Disclosure Vulnerability

    The TLS and DTLS implementations in OpenSSL do not properly handle Heartbeat Extension packets, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

    Chance of use>99%Known exploited since4 May 2022
Exploit likelihood

Which Symantec Messaging Gateway flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. >99%
    CVE-2014-0160HighKnown exploited

    The (1) TLS and (2) DTLS implementations in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1g do not properly handle Heartbeat Extension packets, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via...

    CVSS7.5Published7 Apr 2014
  2. 1.9%

    A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Symantec Messaging Gateway versions 10.5 and before.

    CVSS10.0Published26 Jan 2024
  3. 1.6%

    A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Symantec Messaging Gateway versions 9.5 and before.

    CVSS10.0Published26 Jan 2024
  4. 1.5%

    A privilege escalation flaw allows a malicious, authenticated, privileged CLI user to escalate their privileges on the system and gain full control over the SMG appliance.

    CVSS7.2Published10 Dec 2020
  5. 0.9%

    An information disclosure flaw allows a malicious, authenticated, privileged web UI user to obtain a password for a remote SCP backup server that they might not otherwise be authorized to access.

    CVSS4.9Published10 Dec 2020
  6. 0.7%

    A malicious authenticated SMG administrator user can obtain passwords for external LDAP/Active Directory servers that they might not otherwise be authorized to access.

    CVSS4.9Published24 Jun 2022
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We track 6 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Symantec Messaging Gateway, across 7 versions. The most recent Symantec Messaging Gateway flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2014-0160, on 4 May 2022.

1 is on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added is CVE-2014-0160.

Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2014-0160, affects 10.6.0, 10.6.1. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.

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