CVE-2009-2857

5.5
MEDIUMCVSS v3.1 Base Score
0.27%
LOW RiskEPSS (17th percentile)

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.

Published: 8/19/2009
Modified: 6/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2 Score

4.9

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

0.27%LOW Exploitation Risk
17th percentile

This vulnerability has a 0.27% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 17% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

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