CVE-2009-3183

Heap-based buffer overflow in w in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_124, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2009-09-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-3183 is rated Low Risk (32.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3183

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 2025-03-30 0.05% 0.05% -0.00%
2 2025-03-29 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3183

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-3183

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3183

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun opensolaris snv_01 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_01:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_01 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_01:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_02 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_02:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_02 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_02:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_03 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_03:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_03 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_03:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_04 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_04:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_04 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_04:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_05 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_05:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_05 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_05:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_06 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_06:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_06 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_06:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_07 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_07:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_07 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_07:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_08 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_08:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_08 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_08:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_09 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_09:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_09 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_09:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_10 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_10:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_10 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_10:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_11 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_11:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_11 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_11:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_12 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_12:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_12 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_12:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_13 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_13:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_13 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_13:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_14 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_14:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_14 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_14:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_15 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_15:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_15 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_15:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_16 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_16:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_16 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_16:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_17 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_17:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_17 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_17:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_18 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_18:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_18 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_18:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_19 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_19:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_19 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_19:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_20 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_20:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_20 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_20:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_21 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_21:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_21 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_21:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_22 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_22:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_22 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_22:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_23 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_23:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_23 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_23:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_24 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_24:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_24 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_24:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_25 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_25:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_25 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_25:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_26 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_26:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_26 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_26:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_27 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_27:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_27 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_27:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_28 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_28:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_28 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_28:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_29 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_29:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_29 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_29:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_30 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_30:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_30 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_30:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_31 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_31:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_31 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_31:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_32 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_32:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_32 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_32:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_33 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_33:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_33 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_33:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_34 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_34:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_34 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_34:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_35 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_35:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_35 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_35:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_36 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_36:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_36 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_36:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_37 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_37:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_37 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_37:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_38 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_38:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_38 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_38:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_39 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_39:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_39 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_39:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_40 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_40:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun opensolaris snv_40 cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_40:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3183

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