CVE-2017-5789

HPE LoadRunner before 12.53 Patch 4 and HPE Performance Center before 12.53 Patch 4 allow remote...

9.8 Critical

HPE LoadRunner before 12.53 Patch 4 and HPE Performance Center before 12.53 Patch 4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. At least in LoadRunner, this is a libxdrutil.dll mxdr_string heap-based buffer overflow.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

17.9%Up 2.0 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Record: CVE-2017-5789
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2017-5789
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2017-14866 No score

Record: EUVD-2017-14866
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4282-67jc-f356 9.8

HPE LoadRunner before 12.53 Patch 4 and HPE Performance Center before 12.53 Patch 4 allow remote...

Record: GHSA-4282-67jc-f356
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-5789 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Hp Loadrunner, published October 11, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.9%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.