CVE-2007-5225

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-10-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

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.

Affected products

Sunos: 5.8, 5.9, 5.10

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=603
http://secunia.com/advisories/27024
http://secunia.com/advisories/27654
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103061-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-463.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481501/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25905
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018766
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3339
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36918
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2170
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4516

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