CVE-2019-3581 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2019-3581

McAfee Web Gateway denial of service attack due to Improper Input Validation

Vulnerability Description

Improper input validation in the proxy component of McAfee Web Gateway 7.8.2.0 and later allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTTP request parameter.

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

McAfee Web Gateway
Vulnerable Versions:
7.8.2, 7.8.2.5, 8.0, 8.0.2

Timeline

Official Publish: January 9th, 2019
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 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)