{
    "id": "CVE-2016-2208",
    "published": "2016-05-19 10:59:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:43:40",
    "cvss_score": "9.1",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-399",
    "description": "The kernel component in Symantec Anti-Virus Engine (AVE) 20151.1 before 20151.1.1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory access violation and system crash) via a malformed PE header file.",
    "epss_score": "0.19176",
    "epss_percentile": "0.97241",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:16",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "symantec",
            "product": "anti-virus_engine"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "39835",
            "title": "Symantec/Norton AntiVirus - ASPack Remote Heap/Pool Memory Corruption",
            "date": "2016-05-17",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39835"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90653",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035903",
        "http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&suid=20160516_00",
        "https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=820",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39835/",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90653",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035903",
        "http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&suid=20160516_00",
        "https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=820",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39835/"
    ]
}