Is CVE-2015-8577 being actively exploited?

CVE-2015-8577 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-8577?

CVE-2015-8577 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 2.6 (LOW).

CVE-2015-8577

LOW · CVSS 2.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

The Buffer Overflow Protection (BOP) feature in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.8 Patch 6 allocates memory with Read, Write, Execute (RWX) permissions at predictable addresses on 32-bit platforms when protecting another application, which allows attackers to bypass the DEP and ASLR protection mechanisms via unspecified vectors.

Key facts

CVSS score: 2.6 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 0.4% (34th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2015-8455)
Published: December 16, 2015
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2015-8455 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

mcafee / virusscan enterprise

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise v8.8 and ePolicy Orchestrator v4.5 - McAfee, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-10421-2011 - archived
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise v8.5i and McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator v3.6 - McAfee, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0047-2007 - archived

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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