CVE-2019-3644
MWG scanners updated to address CVE-2019-9517
McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) earlier than 7.8.2.13 is vulnerable to a remote attacker exploiting CVE-2019-9517, potentially leading to a denial of service. This affects the scanning proxies.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
MWG scanners updated to address CVE-2019-9517
McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) earlier than 7.8.2.13 is vulnerable to a remote attacker exploiting CVE-2019-9517, potentially leading to a denial of service. This affects the scanning proxies.
- Record
CVE-2019-3644- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-13279
McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) earlier than 7.8.2.13 is vulnerable to a remote attacker exploiting CVE-2019-9517, potentially leading to a denial of service. This affects the scanning proxies.
- Record
EUVD-2019-13279- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-94m5-m65q-7w34
McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) earlier than 7.8.2.13 is vulnerable to a remote attacker exploiting CVE...
McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) earlier than 7.8.2.13 is vulnerable to a remote attacker exploiting CVE-2019-9517, potentially leading to a denial of service. This affects the scanning proxies.
- Record
GHSA-94m5-m65q-7w34- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) earlier than 7.8.2.13 is vulnerable to a remote attacker exploiting CVE-2019-9517, potentially leading to a denial of service. This affects the scanning proxies.
- Record
CVE-2019-3644- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-3644 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Mcafee Web Gateway, published September 11, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.39%, the 84th percentile. No source names a fixed version.