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CVE-2009-3977

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-11-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in a certain ActiveX control in ActiveDom.ocx in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 7.53 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact via a long string argument to the (1) DisplayName, (2) AddGroup, (3) InstallComponent, or (4) Subscribe method. NOTE: this issue is not a vulnerability in many environments, because the control is not marked as safe for scripting and would not execute with default Internet Explorer settings.

Affected products

• HP Openview Network Node Manager: 7.53

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Nov/199
• http://www.coresecurity.com/content/openview_nnm_internaldb_dos
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54377
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Nov/199
• http://www.coresecurity.com/content/openview_nnm_internaldb_dos
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54377

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