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CVE-2017-5789

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5789 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-119) affecting HPE LoadRunner and Performance Center versions prior to 12.53 Patch 4. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical CVSS v3 score of 9.8, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting low public awareness or active exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 12.53CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:loadrunner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 12.53CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:performance_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
17.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1786 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (4)

beegovendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
lexmarkvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
libreofficevendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
postgresqlvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (4)

beegollm-beego-fef334601e285fd8CRITICAL

[R1] HPE LoadRunner libxdrutil.dll mxdr_string() Function XDR String Handling Remote Heap Buffer Overflow

Mar 19, 2017
postgresqlllm-postgresql-e0edd3b8db94e186CRITICAL

[R1] HPE LoadRunner libxdrutil.dll mxdr_string() Function XDR String Handling Remote Heap Buffer Overflow

Mar 19, 2017
lexmarkllm-lexmark-cd864b465e740023CRITICAL

[R1] HPE LoadRunner libxdrutil.dll mxdr_string() Function XDR String Handling Remote Heap Buffer Overflow

Mar 18, 2017
libreofficellm-libreoffice-9599d21049695688CRITICAL

[R1] HPE LoadRunner libxdrutil.dll mxdr_string() Function XDR String Handling Remote Heap Buffer Overflow

Mar 18, 2017

References

h20566.www2.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Vendor Advisory
tenable.com / security/research/tra-2017-13
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/101224
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/96774
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038028
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038029
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-17-160
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry