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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-2305 · published 16 June 2010

CVE-2010-2305: Symantec sygate personal firewall memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Symantec · Sygate Personal Firewall

Buffer overflow in an ActiveX control in SSHelper.dll for Symantec Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6 build 2808 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long third argument to the SetRegString method.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 20% · top 2.6% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
20%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in an ActiveX control in SSHelper.dll for Symantec Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6 build 2808 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long third argument to the SetRegString method.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://osvdb.org/65539
http://www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/forum/security-advisories/10-050-sygate-personal-firewall-5-6-build-2808-activex/ Exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/13834 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59408
http://osvdb.org/65539
http://www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/forum/security-advisories/10-050-sygate-personal-firewall-5-6-build-2808-activex/ Exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/13834 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59408

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-2305), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.