CVE-2024-23616
Symantec Server Management Suite Buffer Overflow
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Symantec Server Management Suite version 7.9 and before. A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit this vulnerability to achieve remote code execution as SYSTEM.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Symantec Server Management Suite Buffer Overflow
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Symantec Server Management Suite version 7.9 and before. A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit this vulnerability to achieve remote code execution as SYSTEM.
- Record
CVE-2024-23616- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-21110
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Symantec Server Management Suite version 7.9 and before. A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit this vulnerability to achieve remote code execution as SYSTEM.
- Record
EUVD-2024-21110- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-93v2-7c6x-23m2
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Symantec Server Management Suite version 7.9 and before...
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Symantec Server Management Suite version 7.9 and before. A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit this vulnerability to achieve remote code execution as SYSTEM.
- Record
GHSA-93v2-7c6x-23m2- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Symantec Server Management Suite version 7.9 and before. A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit this vulnerability to achieve remote code execution as SYSTEM.
- Record
CVE-2024-23616- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-23616 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Broadcom Symantec Server Management Suite, published January 25, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.88%, the 79th percentile. No source names a fixed version.