# CVE-2007-5225: Integer overflow in n/a

> Local attackers can read arbitrary memory contents on Sun Solaris via an integer signedness error in FIFO filesystems.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Oct 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5g83-j23j-wqc6

## What is CVE-2007-5225?

CVE-2007-5225 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Sunos, published on 5 Oct 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Integer signedness error in FIFO filesystems (named pipes) on Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allows local users to read the contents of unspecified memory locations via a negative maximum length value to the I_PEEK ioctl.

Weakness: CWE-189

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5225?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sun Sunos.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-5225?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5225 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-5225 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-5225 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Solaris 8/9/10 - 'fifofs I_PEEK' Local Kernel Memory Leak (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Sun Sunos

- [CVE-2010-4435](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4435/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-4619](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4619/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-2144](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2144/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-1369](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1369/): Misconfiguration in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-1583](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1583/): Command injection in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-5225 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-5225 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Sunos, published on 5 Oct 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-5225 exists.

Affected product: Sun Sunos. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5225/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5225/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5225
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5225
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-5225

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