CVE-2004-1910: Symantec Security Check Virus Detection

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 3.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

rufsi.dll in Symantec Virus Detection allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string to the GetPrivateProfileString function. NOTE: this issue was originally reported as a buffer overflow, but that specific claim is disputed by the vendor, although a crash is acknowledged.

Affected products

• Symantec Security Check Virus Detection: any version

Published 2004-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.