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CVE-2005-0644
Buffer overflow in McAfee Scan Engine 4320 with DAT version before 4436 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 7.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 16 days later
· 16 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.1% · top 5.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- VU#361180 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 10243 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 12832 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20050317 McAfee AntiVirus Library Stack Overflow (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISSx_transferred
- http://images.mcafee.com/misc/McAfee_Security_Bulletin_05-march-17.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 14628 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1013463 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0645 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-0644)Record last updated .