Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-1778 - Configuration vulnerability in SUN Sunos 5.10/5.9

047910
CVSS 6.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
sun
CWE-16
NVD
Published: 2008-04-14
Updated: 2018-10-30

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the floating point context switch implementation in Sun Solaris 9 and 10 on x86 platforms might allow local users to cause a denial of service (application exit), corrupt data, or trigger incorrect calculations via unknown vectors.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Sun
2

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Oval

accepted2008-05-26T04:00:19.375-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
namePai Peng
organizationHewlett-Packard
definition_extensions
  • commentSolaris 9 (x86) is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:1683
  • commentSolaris 10 (x86) is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:1926
descriptionUnspecified vulnerability in the floating point context switch implementation in Sun Solaris 9 and 10 on x86 platforms might allow local users to cause a denial of service (application exit), corrupt data, or trigger incorrect calculations via unknown vectors.
familyunix
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:4950
statusaccepted
submitted2008-04-15T07:48:47.000-04:00
titleA Security Vulnerability in Floating Point Context Switch Implementation May Result in a Denial of Service (DoS) or Data Integrity Issues
version35

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