CVE-2008-4052

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2008-09-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

HP Openvms: 7.3-2, 8.2, 8.2-1, 8.3, 8.3-1h1

References

http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/832.html
http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/833.html
http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/834.html
http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/835.html
http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/836.html
http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/837.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31581
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2439
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44664
http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/832.html
http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/833.html
http://mail.openvms.org:8100/Lists/alerts/Message/834.html

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