CVE-2007-2998

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-06-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Pascal run-time library (PAS$RTL.EXE) before 20070418 on OpenVMS for Integrity Servers 8.3, and PAS$RTL.EXE before 20070419 on OpenVMS Alpha 8.3, does not properly restore PC and PSL values, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via certain Pascal code.

Affected products

HP Openvms: 8.3

References

http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/503.html
http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/504.html
http://osvdb.org/36800
http://secunia.com/advisories/25486
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24252
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2001
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34635
http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/503.html
http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/504.html
http://osvdb.org/36800
http://secunia.com/advisories/25486
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24252

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