McAfee Antivirus Engine up to 4.3.19 Scan Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Antivirus Engine up to 4.3.19. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Scan Engine. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2005-0644. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in McAfee Antivirus Engine up to 4.3.19 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Scan Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 05/02/2005 by Alex Wheeler with ISS X-Force as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-0644 since 03/04/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38415 (McAfee Antivirus Library LHA Archive Handler Stack Based Buffer Overflow).

Upgrading to version 4.3.20 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 12832†), Secunia (SA14628†), SecurityTracker (ID 1013463†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7356†). The entry VDB-1287 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Antivirus Engine 4.3.20

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05/02/2005 +45 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Alex Wheeler
Organization: ISS X-Force
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-0644 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0644
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24547
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SecurityFocus: 12832 - McAfee Antivirus Library LHA Archive Handler Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 14628 - McAfee Multiple Products LHA File Handling Buffer Overflow, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1013463 - McAfee VirusScan Buffer Overflow in Processing LHA Headers Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 7356

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 07/04/2025 20:45
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (61), 09/18/2018 07:26 (6), 06/21/2024 12:25 (17), 07/17/2024 18:13 (1), 07/04/2025 20:45 (2)
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