{"id":"CVE-2014-3436","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-3436","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:15:54.390Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2014-08-22T01:55:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:08:11.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@symantec.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-310"],"affected":["symantec/pgp desktop","symantec/encryption desktop"],"epss":{"score":0.01072,"percentile":0.64733,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69259","source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030761","source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20140821_00","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95406","source":"secure@symantec.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69259","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030761","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20140821_00","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95406","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3436","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}