CVE-2009-2972

in.lpd in the print service in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors that trigger a "fork()/exec() bomb."

Published: 2009-08-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-2972 is rated Moderate Risk (62/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.85%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.15% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2972

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.71% 2.85% +1.15%
2 2026-01-16 1.52% 1.71% +0.19%
3 2025-03-30 1.52%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2972

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-2972

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2972

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun solaris 8 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 8 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 9 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 9 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2972

cvelogic Threat Intelligence