CVE-2014-3436

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Published 2014-08-22 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.0

Description

Symantec Encryption Desktop 10.3.x before 10.3.2 MP3, and Symantec PGP Desktop 10.0.x through 10.2.x, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted encrypted e-mail message that decompresses to a larger size.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
symantec	pgp_desktop	`10.0.0`
symantec	pgp_desktop	`10.0.1`
symantec	pgp_desktop	`10.0.2`
symantec	pgp_desktop	`10.0.3`
symantec	pgp_desktop	`10.1.0`
symantec	pgp_desktop	`10.1.1`
symantec	pgp_desktop	`10.1.2`
symantec	pgp_desktop	`10.2.0`
symantec	pgp_desktop	`10.2.1`
symantec	pgp_desktop	`10.2.2`
symantec	encryption_desktop	`10.3.0`
symantec	encryption_desktop	`10.3.1`
symantec	encryption_desktop	`10.3.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-310

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.