01 Record
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 property of a COM object, which may trigger a buffer overflow.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-05-10 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:07Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-05-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4f70461b1b75fa8ea4c478f3f31189e5458674858a3776bbc1867e506e653b6e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- lists.grok.org.uk20040407 Symantec, McAfee and Panda ActiveX controlshttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019891.html
- www.securityfocus.com10071http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10071
- theinsider.deep-ice.comhttp://theinsider.deep-ice.com/texts/advisory54.txt
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfreescan-mcfscan-bo(15772)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15772
- marc.info20040407 Mcafee FreeScan - Remote Buffer Overflow and Private Information Disclosurehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108136872711898&w=2
- lists.grok.org.uk20040407 Mcafee FreeScan - Remote Buffer Overflow and Private Information Disclosurehttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019877.html
- secunia.com11313http://secunia.com/advisories/11313