4.9

CVE-2009-0838: sun opensolaris Resource Management Errors

Modified
Published 06-03-2009Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-0838 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in sun opensolaris. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.9/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.39%
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. 06-03-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The crypto pseudo device driver in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv_88 through snv_102, does not properly free memory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors, related to the vmem_hash_delete function.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

32%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.39% 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

Sun2 products
  • opensolarissnv_88 | snv_89 | snv_90 | snv_90:x86 | snv_91 | snv_92 | snv_93 | snv_94 | snv_95 | snv_96 | snv_97 | snv_98 | snv_99 | snv_100 | snv_101 | snv_101b | snv_102
  • sunos5.10

1 vendor · 2 products

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