CVE-2016-8030 (GCVE-0-2016-8030)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-25 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:13
VLAI
Summary
A memory corruption vulnerability in Scriptscan COM Object in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8 Patch 8 and earlier allows remote attackers to create a Denial of Service on the active Internet Explorer tab via a crafted HTML link.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • A memory corruption vulnerability
Assigner
intel CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 60/100 over 96 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Affected: 8.8 Patch 8 and earlier
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Date Public
2017-04-11 00:00
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