McAfee Agent update fixes a vulnerability in handling UDP requests

published 2019-02-28 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-13233

cvss: 5.3; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.9%; EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits: 0; none known

Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value in McAfee Agent (MA) 5.x allows remote unauthenticated users to potentially cause a denial of service via specifically crafted UDP packets.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

McAfee, LLC McAfee Agent (MA) 5.6.0 HF1

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Exploit prediction

1.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

McAfee, LLC McAfee Agent (MA)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-3598
NVD CVE-2019-3598

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