github - ghsa-hmcg-84c5-h52c

ghsa-hmcg-84c5-h52c

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-17 03:54

Modified

2025-04-12 12:55

Details

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.

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CVE-2015-8577 (GCVE-0-2015-8577)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2015-12-16 18:00

Modified

2024-08-06 08:20

Severity ?

CWE

n/a

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.

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URL

Tags

	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78810	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	http://breakingmalware.com/vulnerabilities/sedating-watchdog-abusing-security-products-bypass-mitigations/	x_refsource_MISC
	http://blog.ensilo.com/the-av-vulnerability-that-bypasses-mitigations	x_refsource_MISC
	https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10142	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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