CVE-2011-3477: Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

GEAR Software CD DVD Filter driver (aka GEARAspiWDM.sys), as used in Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8.5 and BESR 2010, Symantec System Recovery 2011, Norton 360, and Norton Ghost, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery: version 8.5 only; version 9.0 only; version 2010 only
• Symantec Norton 360: version 5.0 only
• Symantec Norton Ghost: up to and including 15.0
• Symantec System Recovery 2011: version 10.0 only

Published 2018-02-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.