What is CVE-2018-6703?

CVE-2018-6703 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Agent, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-6703?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Mcafee Agent

CVE-2018-6703

Use After Free in Remote logging (which is disabled by default) in McAfee McAfee Agent (MA) 5.x prior to 5.6.0 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to cause a Denial of Service and potentially a remote code execution via a specially cra…

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.032 (86.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mcafee Agent
Mcafee, Llc Mcafee Agent — versions 5.x

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

trellixpsirt@trellix.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6703?: CVE-2018-6703 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Agent, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-6703?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.