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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2008-5689 json

tun in IP Tunnel in Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_01 through snv_76 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and possibly e…

published 2008-12-19 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5660

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

tun in IP Tunnel in Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_01 through snv_76 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted SIOCGTUNPARAM IOCTL request, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-15962)

Exploit prediction

1.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-15962 Linux Kernel (Solaris 10 / < 5.10 138888-01) - Local Privilege Escalation local, 2011-01-10

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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