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CVE-2018-6687
GetSusp (a free McAfee tool) update fixes an infinite loop vulnerability (CVE-2018-6687)
Medium6.5EPSS 0.82%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- trellix
Description
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in McAfee GetSusp (GetSusp) 3.0.0.461 and earlier allows attackers to DoS a manual GetSusp scan via while scanning a specifically crafted file . GetSusp is a free standalone McAfee tool that runs on several versions of Microsoft Windows.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| trellixCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.82% · top 43% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
- Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
- CWE-835 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-835 and its CVEs
Affected products
McAfee, LLC · McAfee GetSusp (GetSusp)
- affected unspecified – < 3.0.0.461
References (2)
- 107126 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10270 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
- 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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