CVE-2008-1778

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Published Apr 14, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 6.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.10:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-1778	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.335% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/29728
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233921-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28733
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019833
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1193/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41765
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4950

History

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Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:32 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 14, 2008, 4:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:32 AM
Reserved: Apr 14, 2008, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:52 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 14, 2008, 4:05 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:52 PM

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