CVE-2004-0445
LOWEPSS 95th pctlDescription
The SYMDNS.SYS driver in Symantec Norton Internet Security and Professional 2002 through 2004, Norton Personal Firewall 2002 through 2004, Norton AntiSpam 2004, Client Firewall 5.01 and 5.1.1, and Client Security 1.0 through 2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption from infinite loop) via a DNS response with a compressed name pointer that points to itself.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021359.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11066
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2004.05.12.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010144
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010145
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010146
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-141.shtml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/682110
- http://www.osvdb.org/6100
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10336
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16132
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.