HIGH
Unknown vulnerability in Sun Solaris 8.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a program that uses /dev/poll, triggering a NULL pointer dereference
Published Nov 16, 2005
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.38%
Description
Unknown vulnerability in Sun Solaris 8.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a program that uses /dev/poll, triggering a NULL pointer dereference.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.38% 0.00383
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00383
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 29.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 29.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00052) | 13.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 15.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 4, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 13.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 28.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 26.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (3)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F45300&zone_32=45300 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9489.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5171 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F45300&zone_32=45300 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT | |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9489.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5171 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 16, 2005
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Reserved Nov 16, 2005
Link CVE-2002-2197
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a