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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.9

CVE-2007-5225 json

Integer signedness error in FIFO filesystems (named pipes) on Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allows local users to read the contents of unspecifi…

published 2007-10-05 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-5205

cvss
4.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Integer signedness error in FIFO filesystems (named pipes) on Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allows local users to read the contents of unspecified memory locations via a negative maximum length value to the I_PEEK ioctl.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-5227)

Exploit prediction

0.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-5227 Solaris 8/9/10 - 'fifofs I_PEEK' Local Kernel Memory Leak local, 2008-03-10
  • exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4516 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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