CVE-2010-0453
mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.008 · 57 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
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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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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exploits (1)
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affected products (67)
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references (26)
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- http://osvdb.org/62046enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38452enisa_euvd
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-143913-01-1enisa_euvd
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-275910-1enisa_euvd
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021799.1-1enisa_euvd
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2010-099504.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509276/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38016enisa_euvd
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