CVE-2007-5242: HP Openvms

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unspecified vulnerability in (1) SYS$EI1000.EXE and (2) SYS$EI1000_MON.EXE in HP OpenVMS 8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via an "oversize" packet, which is not properly discarded if "the device has no remaining buffers after receipt of the first buffer segment."

Affected products

• HP Openvms: up to and including 8.3

Published 2007-10-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.