CVE-2006-3824

Published Jul 25, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
systeminfo.c for Sun Solaris allows local users to read kernel memory via a 0 variable count argument to the sysinfo system call, which causes a -1 argument to be used by the copyout function. NOTE: this issue has been referred to as an integer overflow, but it is probably more like a signedness error or integer underflow.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-3818 systeminfo.c for Sun Solaris allows local users to read kernel memory via a 0 variable count argument to the sysinfo system call, which causes a -1 argument to be used by the copyout function. NOTE: this issue has been referred to as an integer overflow, but it is probably more like a signedness error or integer underflow.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 6:48 PM
Reserved
Jul 24, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 25, 2006, 1:22 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:27 PM