CVE-2008-4052
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in SMGSHR.EXE in OpenVMS for Integrity Servers 8.2-1, 8.3, and 8.3-1H1 and OpenVMS ALPHA 7.3-2, 8.2, and 8.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (42th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4037)
- Published
- September 11, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4037 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- hp / openvms
- hp / openvms
- hp / openvms
- hp / openvms
- hp / openvms
- hp / openvms
References
- http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/832.html(Patch)
- http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/833.html(Patch)
- http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/834.html(Patch)
- http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/835.html(Patch)
- http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/836.html(Patch)
- http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/837.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31581(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2439
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44664
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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