CVE-2016-4359

critical

Published 2016-06-08 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

9.8

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in mchan.dll in the agent in HPE LoadRunner 11.52 through patch 3, 12.00 through patch 1, 12.01 through patch 3, 12.02 through patch 2, and 12.50 through patch 3 and Performance Center 11.52 through patch 3, 12.00 through patch 1, 12.01 through patch 3, 12.20 through patch 2, and 12.50 through patch 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long -server_name value, aka ZDI-CAN-3516.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
hp	loadrunner	`11.52`
hp	loadrunner	`12.00`
hp	loadrunner	`12.01`
hp	loadrunner	`12.02`
hp	loadrunner	`12.50`
hp	performance_center	`11.52`
hp	performance_center	`12.00`
hp	performance_center	`12.01`
hp	performance_center	`12.20`
hp	performance_center	`12.50`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.