CVE-2007-5242

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-10-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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."

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/37812
http://osvdb.org/37813
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/37812
http://osvdb.org/37813
http://secunia.com/advisories/27084

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