CVE-2015-8577

Low

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.

SeverityLow
CVSS2.6
Exploit probability—
ProductMcafee Virusscan Enterprise
PublishedDec 16, 2015
First seenDec 16, 2015

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mcafee virusscan_enterprisev ≤ 8.8.0—

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