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CVE-2009-4179 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in ovalarm.exe in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 7.01, 7.51, and 7.53 allows remote attackers to exe…

published 2009-12-10 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-4149

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
67.0%
EPSS 67.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.3%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in ovalarm.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 HTTP Accept-Language header in an OVABverbose action.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/http/hp_nnm_ovalarm_lang)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

66.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/http/hp_nnm_ovalarm_lang HP OpenView Network Node Manager ovalarm.exe CGI Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, great rank, 2009-12-09
  • EDB-16797 HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) - 'ovalarm.exe' CGI Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-11-11
  • EDB-10394 HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 7.53 - 'ovalarm.exe' CGI Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2009-12-12

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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