7.5

CVE-2005-0643: mcafee antivirus_engine

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 20-03-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-0643 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in mcafee antivirus_engine. EPSS estimates a 10.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
42/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
10.36%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 20-03-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in McAfee Scan Engine 4320 with DAT version before 4357 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted LHA files.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

10.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 10.36% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
10.36%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaseremoteunixVerified

    LHA 1.x - Remote Buffer Overflow / Directory Traversal

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Mcafee1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

3 links