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CVE-2026-79838

A buffer overflow vulnerability in HPE NonStop ODBC/MX Services may cause memory corruption, resulting in application crash.

HIGH 7.3EPSS 0.09%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.09%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in HPE NonStop ODBC/MX Services may cause memory corruption, resulting in application crash.

CVSS 3.1
7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
EPSS
0.09% probability · 1th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-121
Source
security-alert@hpe.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%16 October 2026: 0.09%26 October 2026: 0.09%16 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS moved from 0.1% on 16 October 2026 to 0.1% on 26 October 2026.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.