01 Record
CVE-2009-4178
Heap-based buffer overflow in OvWebHelp.exe in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 7.01, 7.51, and 7.53 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Topic parameter.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: hp
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in OvWebHelp.exe in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 7.01, 7.51, and 7.53 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Topic parameter.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 74.02% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-12-10 22:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-12-03
- Assigning CNA
- hp
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 44231bc20fa42ed4d98302b30a9f111b09ae96d7e09883730c8ee9a7f4670bd0
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20091209 TPTI-09-11: HP OpenView NNM OvWebHelp.exe CGI Topic Heap Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508354/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com37340http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37340
- h20000.www2.hp.comSSRT090133http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01950877
- www.securityfocus.com37261http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37261
- marc.infoSSRT090257http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126046355120442&w=2
- dvlabs.tippingpoint.comhttp://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-09-11
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comhp-ovnnm-ovwebhelp-bo(54659)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54659