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CVE-2004-1906
Mcafee FreeScan allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly arbitrary code via a long string in the ScanParam…
Medium5.0EPSS 4.4%
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Description
Mcafee FreeScan allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly arbitrary code via a long string in the ScanParam property of a COM object, which may trigger a buffer overflow.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.4% · top 8.7% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 20040407 Symantec, McAfee and Panda ActiveX controls (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 10071 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://theinsider.deep-ice.com/texts/advisory54.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- freescan-mcfscan-bo(15772) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040407 Mcafee FreeScan - Remote Buffer Overflow and Private Information Disclosure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20040407 Mcafee FreeScan - Remote Buffer Overflow and Private Information Disclosure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 11313 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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