CVE-2002-2197

N/A Unknown
Published: December 31, 2002 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Unknown vulnerability in Sun Solaris 8.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a program that uses /dev/poll, triggering a NULL pointer dereference.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F45300&zone_32=45300
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9489.php
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5171
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F45300&zone_32=45300
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9489.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5171
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
16th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

sun