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CVE-2008-4052

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4052 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the SMGSHR.EXE component of HP OpenVMS for Integrity Servers (versions 8.2-1, 8.3, 8.3-1H1) and OpenVMS ALPHA (versions 7.3-2, 8.2, 8.3). This flaw allows local users to achieve a denial of service or potentially gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it is considered high severity due to its low attack complexity and the potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.3-2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:openvms:7.3-2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:openvms:8.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
8.2-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:openvms:8.2-1:*:integrity_servers:*:*:*:*:*
8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:openvms:8.3:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:openvms:8.3:*:integrity_servers:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0048 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

mail.openvms.org / Lists/alerts/Message/832.html
Patch
mail.openvms.org / Lists/alerts/Message/833.html
Patch
mail.openvms.org / Lists/alerts/Message/834.html
Patch
mail.openvms.org / Lists/alerts/Message/835.html
Patch
mail.openvms.org / Lists/alerts/Message/836.html
Patch
mail.openvms.org / Lists/alerts/Message/837.html
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/31581
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44664
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2439