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CVE-2015-8577

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-12-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

• Intel VirusScan Enterprise Linux (VSEL): through 8.8.0

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
• 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

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