CVE-2009-3977 Information

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in a certain ActiveX control in ActiveDom.ocx in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 7.53 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact via a long string argument to the (1) DisplayName (2) AddGroup (3) InstallComponent or (4) Subscribe method. NOTE: this issue is not a vulnerability in many environments because the control is not marked as safe for scripting and would not execute with default Internet Explorer settings.

Reference

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Nov/199 http://www.coresecurity.com/content/openview_nnm_internaldb_dos https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54377