CVE-2009-2857 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_103. It allows local users to cause a system deadlock and halt by exploiting improper interaction between the filesystem and virtual-memory implementations, specifically through mmap and write operations on the same file. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires local access and has a high impact on availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< snv_103CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:opensolaris:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.