CVE-2008-3870
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 7.8%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in sadmind in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPC request that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to improper memory allocation.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 7.8% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3856)
- Published
- May 26, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3856 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sun / solaris
- sun / solaris
- sun / solaris
- sun / solaris
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32473(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35191
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-47/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-116455-02-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259468-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-195.htm
- http://www.osvdb.org/54668
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503772/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35083
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022275
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1409
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50706
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6092
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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