CVE-2005-0644 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in McAfee Scan Engine 4320 with DAT version before 4436 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed LHA file with a type 2 header file name field, a variant of CVE-2005-0643.

Published: 2005-03-20

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 23.9% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:antivirus_engine:4.3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.23867.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://images.mcafee.com/misc/McAfee_Security_Bulletin_05-march-17.pdf
http://secunia.com/advisories/14628
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013463
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/361180
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10243
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12832
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/190

History

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Subscriptions

Mcafee Antivirus Engine

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-03-20T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:21:06.514Z

Reserved: 2005-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0644

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-0644

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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