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CVE-2002-1587

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-12-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The libthread library (libthread.so.1) for Solaris 2.5.1 through 8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang) of an application that uses libthread by causing the application to wait for a certain mutex.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: 2.5.1, 2.6, 7.0, 8.0
• Sunos: 5.5.1, 5.7, 5.8

References

• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-46867-1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6318
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11146
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-46867-1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6318
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11146

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