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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0644 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 23.87%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +8.52% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-07-30 | 15.35% | 23.87% | +8.52% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 12.60% | 15.35% | +2.75% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 12.60% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mcafee | antivirus_engine | 4.3.20 | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:antivirus_engine:4.3.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://images.mcafee.com/misc/McAfee_Security_Bulletin_05-march-17.pdf | Vendor Advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/14628 | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1013463 | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/361180 | Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10243 | Exploit |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12832 | |
| http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/190 | Vendor Advisory |