CVE-2015-8577
mcafee virusscan enterprise: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 35% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-264
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- mcafee:virusscan_enterprise
References
- http://blog.ensilo.com/the-av-vulnerability-that-bypasses-mitigations
- http://breakingmalware.com/vulnerabilities/sedating-watchdog-abusing-security-products-bypass-mitigations/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78810
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10142
- http://blog.ensilo.com/the-av-vulnerability-that-bypasses-mitigations