CVE-2018-5236: Symantec Endpoint Protection

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Symantec Endpoint Protection prior to 14 RU1 MP1 or 12.1 RU6 MP10 may be susceptible to a race condition (or race hazard). This type of issue occurs in software where the output is dependent on the sequence or timing of other uncontrollable events.

Affected products

• Symantec Endpoint Protection: up to and including 14.0; version 12.1 only; version 14.0 only

Published 2018-06-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.