CVE-2015-8577
The Buffer Overflow Protection (BOP) feature in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.8 Patch 6...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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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.
- Record
CVE-2015-8577- CVSS 2.0
- 2.6 Low
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2015-8577- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-8455 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2015-8455- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hmcg-84c5-h52c No score
The Buffer Overflow Protection (BOP) feature in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.8 Patch 6...
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.
- Record
GHSA-hmcg-84c5-h52c- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-8577 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.6) in Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise, published December 16, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/78810
breakingmalware.com/vulnerabilities/sedating-watchdog-abusing-security-products-bypass-mitigations
blog.ensilo.com/the-av-vulnerability-that-bypasses-mitigations
kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10142
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8577
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hmcg-84c5-h52c