CVE-2015-8773 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2015-8773

Stack-based buffer overflow in McPvDrv.sys 4.6.111.0 in McAfee File Lock...

Vulnerability Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in McPvDrv.sys 4.6.111.0 in McAfee File Lock 5.x in McAfee Total Protection allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a long vault GUID in an ioctl call.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

file lock
Vulnerable Versions:
5.0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 29th, 2016
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.