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TI-2015-07057 Aliases CVE-2015-8577GHSA-hmcg-84c5-h52c

The Buffer Overflow Protection (BOP) feature in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.8…

Priority LOW 13CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00416 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 8.8.0VulnerableMcAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 8.8.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-8577
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hmcg-84c5-h52c

References

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2016-06740 Improper authentication in Intel VirusScan Enterprise Linux CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-06738 Code injection in Intel VirusScan Enterprise Linux CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.0
  • TI-2016-06742 HTTP response splitting in Intel VirusScan Enterprise Linux CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2016-06741 Improper authentication in Intel VirusScan Enterprise Linux CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2009-04865 Untrusted search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.7i allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2007-02073 Buffer overflow in the On-Access Scanner in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.0i Patch… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.9
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Sources

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