CVE-2007-5242
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.1%EU EUVD
Unspecified vulnerability in (1) SYS$EI1000.EXE and (2) SYS$EI1000_MON.EXE in HP OpenVMS 8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via an "oversize" packet, which is not properly discarded if "the device has no remaining buffers after receipt of the first buffer segment."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.1% (82th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5222)
- Published
- October 6, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5222 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- hp / openvms
- hp / openvms
References
- http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/582.html(Patch)
- http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/583.html(Patch)
- http://osvdb.org/37812
- http://osvdb.org/37813
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27084(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25939(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3382
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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