What is CVE-2015-8773?

CVE-2015-8773 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mcafee File_lock, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-01-29.

How severe is CVE-2015-8773?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Mcafee File_lock

CVE-2015-8773

Stack-based buffer overflow in McPvDrv.sys 4.6.111.0 in McAfee File Lock 5.x in McAfee Total Protection allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a long vault GUID in an ioctl call.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.012 (64.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Mcafee File_lock — versions 5.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8773?: CVE-2015-8773 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mcafee File_lock, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-01-29.
How severe is CVE-2015-8773?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.