# CVE-2010-0110: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Intel Alert Management System (aka AMS or AMS2), as used in Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition (S

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-01-31 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Intel Alert Management System (aka AMS or AMS2), as used in Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition (SAVCE) 10.x before 10.1 MR10, Symantec System Center (SSC) 10.x, and Symantec Quarantine Server 3.5 and 3.6, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long string to msgsys.exe, related to the AMSSendAlertAct function in AMSLIB.dll in the Intel Alert Handler service (aka Symantec Intel Handler service); a long (2) modem string or (3) PIN number to msgsys.exe, related to pagehndl.dll in the Intel Alert Handler service; or (4) a message to msgsys.exe, related to iao.exe in the Intel Alert Originator service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-031
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-028
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43099
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-032
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2011&suid=20110126_00
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64940
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-030
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43106
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024996
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45936
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0234

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