CVE-2017-17482

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

An issue was discovered in OpenVMS through V8.4-2L2 on Alpha and through V8.4-2L1 on IA64, and VAX/VMS 4.0 and later. A malformed DCL command table may result in a buffer overflow allowing a local privilege escalation when a non-privileged account enters a crafted command line. This bug is exploitable on VAX and Alpha and may cause a process crash on IA64. Software was affected regardless of whether it was directly shipped by VMS Software, Inc. (VSI), HPE, HP, Compaq, or Digital Equipment Corporation.

Affected products

HP Openvms: through 8.4-2l1; from 4.0

References

http://www.openvms.org/node/121
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/comp.os.vms/BYIUQ0lJ-s0
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/06/openvms_vulnerability/
http://www.openvms.org/node/121
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/comp.os.vms/BYIUQ0lJ-s0
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/06/openvms_vulnerability/

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