CVE-2008-1842 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2008-1842

Integer signedness error in ovspmd.exe in HP OpenView Network Node...

Vulnerability Description

Integer signedness error in ovspmd.exe in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 8.01, and 7.53 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long request to TCP port 8886 that begins with a certain negative integer, which passes a signed comparison and triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

openview network node manager
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 4.11, 5.0.1, 5.01, 6.0.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.10, 6.20, 6.31, 6.41, 7.0.1, 7.01, 7.50, 7.51, 8.01

Timeline

Official Publish: April 16th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.