CVE-2010-4435 Memory corruption in n/a

Critical 10.0 Published 19 Jan 2011 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can exploit a buffer overflow in the CDE Calendar Manager Service Daemon to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2010-4435?

CVE-2010-4435 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Sun Sunos, published on 19 Jan 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability, related to CDE Calendar Manager Service Daemon and RPC. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the January 2011 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from other software vendors that this affects other operating systems, such as HP-UX, or claims from a reliable third party that this is a buffer overflow in rpc.cmsd via long XDR-encoded ASCII strings in RPC call 10.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4435?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sun Sunos.

How do I fix CVE-2010-4435?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4435 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2010-4435 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4435 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-wxfq-r6w9-2mg2.