CVE-2010-0453 Null dereference in n/a
Local attackers can cause a system panic in Solaris via a specific IOCTL request, requiring a patch to prevent denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-0453?
CVE-2010-0453 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Opensolaris, published on 3 Feb 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ucode_ioctl function in intel/io/ucode_drv.c in Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_69 through snv_133, when running on x86 architectures, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a request with a 0 size value to the UCODE_GET_VERSION IOCTL, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the ucode_get_rev function, related to retrieval of the microcode revision.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0453?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Opensolaris, Sun Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0453?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0453 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2010-0453 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0453 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Opensolaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gjph-m3rc-hxq6.