Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-4420 · published 13 April 2009
CVE-2008-4420: Hp openview performance agent memory buffer overflow vulnerability
Hp · Openview Performance Agent
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in DZIP32.DLL before 5.0.0.8 in DynaZip Max and DZIPS32.DLL before 6.0.0.5 in DynaZip Max Secure; as used in HP OpenView Performance Agent C.04.60, HP Performance Agent C.04.70 and C.04.72, TurboZIP 6.0, and other products; allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename in a ZIP archive during a (1) Fix (aka Repair), (2) Add, (3) Update, or (4) Freshen action, a related issue to CVE-2006-3985.
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in DZIP32.DLL before 5.0.0.8 in DynaZip Max and DZIPS32.DLL before 6.0.0.5 in DynaZip Max Secure; as used in HP OpenView Performance Agent C.04.60, HP Performance Agent C.04.70 and C.04.72, TurboZIP 6.0, and other products; allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename in a ZIP archive during a (1) Fix (aka Repair), (2) Add, (3) Update, or (4) Freshen action, a related issue to CVE-2006-3985.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products
4 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-4420), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.