CVE-2015-8577

Published Dec 16, 2015

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: The Buffer Overflow Protection (BOP) feature in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.8 Patch 6 allocates memory with Read, Write, Execute (RWX) permissions at predictable addresses on 32-bit platforms when protecting another application, which allows attackers to bypass the DEP and ASLR protection mechanisms via unspecified vectors.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 2.6
Impact score: 4.9
Exploitability score: 1.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-264

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "CD85F94E-9E5C-4FDD-B852-751C4DCC74B6",
            "versionEndIncluding": "8.8.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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