CVE-2010-0453

Published Feb 3, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The ucode_ioctl function in intel/io/ucode_drv.c in Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_69 through snv_133, when running on x86 architectures, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a request with a 0 size value to the UCODE_GET_VERSION IOCTL, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the ucode_get_rev function, related to retrieval of the microcode revision.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-0484 The ucode_ioctl function in intel/io/ucode_drv.c in Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_69 through snv_133, when running on x86 architectures, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a request with a 0 size value to the UCODE_GET_VERSION IOCTL, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the ucode_get_rev function, related to retrieval of the microcode revision.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 12:52 AM
Reserved
Jan 28, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 3, 2010, 6:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:16 PM