The Resource Monitoring and Control (RMC) daemon in IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) 7 release 3.2.0 SP1 and 3.3.0 SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or hang) via a packet with an invalid length.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5035 is rated Moderate Risk (47.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.08%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 1.83% | 2.08% | +0.25% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 1.72% | 1.83% | +0.11% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 1.72% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibm | hardware_management_console | 3.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:hardware_management_console:3.2.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| ibm | hardware_management_console | 3.3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:hardware_management_console:3.3.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |