Symantec Storage Foundation Veritas Enterprise Administrator Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Symantec Storage Foundation Veritas Enterprise Administrator Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Symantec Storage Foundation is prone to a remote heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data. This issue occurs in the Symantec Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) component.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the SYSTEM user. Successfully exploiting this issue will result in the complete compromise of affected computers. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition.