7.8

CVE-2007-5462: sun solaris Improper Input Validation

Modified
Published 15-10-2007Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-5462 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in sun solaris. EPSS estimates a 2.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.24%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 15-10-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Sun Solaris RPC services library (librpcsvc) on Solaris 8 through 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (mountd crash) via unspecified packets to a server that exports many filesystems, and allows local users to cause a denial of service (automountd crash) via unspecified requests to mount filesystems from a server that exports many filesystems.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.24% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Sun1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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