CVE-2008-3870

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-05-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in sadmind in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPC request that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to improper memory allocation.

Affected products

Sun Solaris: 8.0, 9.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32473
http://secunia.com/advisories/35191
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-47/
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-116455-02-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259468-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-195.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/54668
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503772/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35083
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022275
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1409
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50706

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