CVE-2009-2857
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-667
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (19th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2847)
- Published
- August 19, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2847 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on January 21, 2025.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- oracle / opensolaris
- oracle / solaris
- oracle / solaris
- oracle / solaris
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36319(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-127721-02-1(Broken Link, Patch)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-257848-1(Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2291(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6152(Broken Link)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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