CVE-2008-1842
HIGHEPSS 96th pctlDescription
Integer signedness error in ovspmd.exe in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 8.01, and 7.53 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long request to TCP port 8886 that begins with a certain negative integer, which passes a signed comparison and triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/closedview-adv.txt
- http://aluigi.org/poc/closedview.zip
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121321155405849&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29713
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019821
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493781/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28689
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1159
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41737
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.