CVE-2009-3183

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-09-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in w in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_124, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Sun Opensolaris: snv_01, snv_02, snv_03, snv_04, snv_05, snv_06 (+117)
Sun Solaris: 8, 9, 10

References

http://osvdb.org/58110
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-113718-04-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266348-1
http://unsecurityresearch.blogspot.com/2009/02/advisories-published.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53188
http://osvdb.org/58110
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-113718-04-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266348-1
http://unsecurityresearch.blogspot.com/2009/02/advisories-published.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53188

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