Mail Security vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product75 versions
The short answer

Mail Security is made by Symantec. We track 19 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 75 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. Symantec lists newer releases under their own names, such as Mail Security for Domino, so check those pages too.

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Other names

Is Mail Security listed under other names? Yes.

Symantec also lists Mail Security under more specific names, such as Mail Security for Domino and Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.

Known exploited

Which Mail Security vulnerabilities are being exploited?

This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.

None of Mail Security's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Mail Security 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. 21%

    Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView Viewer, Filter, and Export SDK before 9.2.0.12, as used by ActivePDF DocConverter, IBM Lotus Notes before 7.0.3, Symantec Mail Security, and...

    CVSS9.3Published10 Nov 2007
  2. 19%

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the DEC2EXE module for Symantec AntiVirus Library allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a UPX compressed file containing a negative virtual offset to a crafted PE header.

    CVSS7.5Published8 Feb 2005
  3. 6.9%

    Buffer overflow in Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 5.0 before Patch 175 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted headers in an e-mail message.

    CVSS9.3Published3 Mar 2007
  4. 6.8%

    Stack-based buffer overflow in wp6sr.dll in the Autonomy KeyView SDK 10.4 and earlier, as used in IBM Lotus Notes, Symantec Mail Security (SMS) products, Symantec BrightMail Appliance products, and Symantec Data Loss...

    CVSS9.3Published18 Mar 2009
  5. 6.6%

    Stack-based buffer overflow in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView Viewer, Filter, and Export SDK before 9.2.0.12, as used by ActivePDF DocConverter, wp6sr.dll in IBM Lotus Notes 8.0 and before 7.0.3, Symantec Mail...

    CVSS9.3Published10 Nov 2007
  6. 6.0%

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the Decomposer component in multiple Symantec products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple crafted CAB archives.

    CVSS9.3Published5 Oct 2007
  7. 5.7%

    Multiple buffer overflows in kpagrdr.dll 2.0.0.2 and 10.3.0.0 in the Applix Presents reader in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView, as used by IBM Lotus Notes, Symantec Mail Security, and activePDF DocConverter, allow...

    CVSS9.3Published10 Apr 2008
  8. 5.7%

    Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in foliosr.dll in the Folio Flat File speed reader in Autonomy (formerly Verity) KeyView 10.3.0.0, as used by IBM Lotus Notes, Symantec Mail Security, and activePDF DocConverter,...

    CVSS9.3Published10 Apr 2008
  9. 5.7%

    Buffer overflow in xlssr.dll in the Autonomy KeyView XLS viewer (aka File Viewer for Excel), as used in IBM Lotus Notes 5.x through 8.5.x, Symantec Mail Security, Symantec BrightMail Appliance, Symantec Data Loss...

    CVSS9.3Published1 Sep 2009
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We track 19 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Mail Security, across 75 versions.

None of Mail Security's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.

Symantec also lists Mail Security under more specific names, such as Mail Security for Domino and Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.

Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track Mail Security. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.