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CVE-2010-0453

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2010-02-03 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Sun SolarisSun Opensolaris

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References