CVE-2017-17482: HP Openvms

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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: up to and including 8.4-2l1; from 4.0

Published 2018-02-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.