CVE-1999-0908 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.2% (pctl 82)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Denial of service in Solaris TCP streams driver via a malicious connection that causes the server to panic as a result of recursive calls to mutex_enter.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 2.22% — more likely to be exploited than 82% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 1999-09-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| sun | solaris |
| sun | sunos |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Solaris 7.0 - Recursive mutex_enter Remote Panic (Denial of Service) | 1999-09-23 |
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