MEDIUM
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
Published May 10, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.36%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.36% 0.04364
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04364
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.36% (0.04364) | 90.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.98% (0.03979) | 89.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 4, 2026 | 10.48% (0.10477) | 93.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 8.73% (0.08728) | 91.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 7.54% (0.07545) | 94.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 16, 2024 | 8.08% (0.08080) | 94.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 8.83% (0.08828) | 93.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 92.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 91.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 79.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019877.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019891.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108136872711898&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11313 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://theinsider.deep-ice.com/texts/advisory54.txt x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10071 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15772 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019877.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit | |
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019891.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108136872711898&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/11313 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://theinsider.deep-ice.com/texts/advisory54.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10071 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15772 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 10, 2005
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved May 4, 2005
Link CVE-2004-1906
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a