CVE-2009-0838
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0835)
- Published
- March 6, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0835 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sun / opensolaris
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- sun / sunos
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34149(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34455
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021810
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139498-04-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254088-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-097.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34000
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0606(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0815
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49105
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5641
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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