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CVE-2009-0480
The IP implementation in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_82, uses an improper arena when allocating minor numbers for…
- 4.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.38%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 68% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The IP implementation in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_82, uses an improper arena when allocating minor numbers for sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (32-bit application failure and login outage) by opening a large number of sockets.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- [onnv-notify] 20081011 6507173 Sockets should allocate minor numbers from higher order arena (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-042.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-116965-34-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 248026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 33550 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0364 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6038 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 33751 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1021653 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-0484 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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