CVE-2007-5241

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-10-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in NET$CSMACD.EXE in HP OpenVMS 8.3 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via the "MCR MCL SHOW CSMA-CD Port * All" command, which overwrites a Non-Paged Pool Packet.

Affected products

HP Openvms: through 8.3

References

http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/582.html
http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/583.html
http://osvdb.org/37811
http://secunia.com/advisories/27084
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25939
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3382
http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/582.html
http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/583.html
http://osvdb.org/37811
http://secunia.com/advisories/27084
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25939
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3382

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