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CVE-2008-1779

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1779 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Sun Solaris versions 8, 9, and 10, where a remote, authenticated attacker can trigger a system panic using unspecified self-encapsulated IP packets. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity, and allows a remote attacker with authentication to achieve a complete system availability impact (denial of service). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0155 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 21,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/29783
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29817
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41762
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4848
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-173.htm
securityfocus.com / bid/28732
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1192/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1325/references