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

Product17 versions
The short answer

Web Security is made by Symantec. We track 7 published vulnerabilities in it, across 17 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run Web Security, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.

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Known exploited

Which Web Security vulnerabilities are being exploited?

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

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

Exploit likelihood

Which Web 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. 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
  2. 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
  3. 3.9%

    The Decomposer component in multiple Symantec products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a certain value in the PACK_SIZE field of a RAR archive file header.

    CVSS9.3Published5 Oct 2007
  4. 2.1%

    Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Symantec Web Security (SWS) before 3.0.1.85 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to (1) error messages...

    CVSS4.3Published30 Jan 2007
  5. 2.0%

    Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Symantec Web Security 2.5, 3.0.0, and 3.0.1 before build 62 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string in blocked URLs that are...

    CVSS4.3Published31 Dec 2004
  6. 1.1%

    The license registering interface in Symantec Web Security (SWS) before 3.0.1.85 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by submitting a large file.

    CVSS4.0Published30 Jan 2007
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We track 7 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Web Security, across 17 versions.

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

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