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CVE DATABASE  /  CVE-2009-2857

CVE-2009-2857

CVSS 5.5 · MEDIUM

Summary

The kernel in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_103, does not properly handle interaction between the filesystem and virtual-memory implementations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock and system halt) via vectors involving mmap and write operations on the same file.

CVSS 3.1 breakdown

Base score5.5 (MEDIUM)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vectorLOCAL
Attack complexityLOW
Privileges requiredLOW
User interactionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityNONE
IntegrityNONE
AvailabilityHIGH

Weakness type (CWE)

Affected products

Oracle opensolarisOracle solaris
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References

Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-23. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

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