Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-2208 · published 19 May 2016

CVE-2016-2208: Symantec anti-virus engine vulnerability

Symantec · Anti Virus Engine

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.

9.1 CVSS 3.0 Critical EPSS 19% · top 2.8% CWE-399 · CWE-399

9.1CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 9.4

19%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

10References

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected products

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

Anti Virus Engine Symantec

References

Link	Tags
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=2	Vendor Advisory
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=2	Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=820
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39835/

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-2208), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.