CVE-1999-0908

Medium

Published: 23/09/1999(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk

2.22%

80th percentile - higher than 80% of all known CVEs

Summary

CVE-1999-0908 affects the Solaris TCP streams service, which can be exploited by a malicious connection, causing the server to panic due to recursive calls to mutex_enter.

Risk Assessment

As a result of this vulnerability, the organization may experience service downtime, potentially leading to data loss and customer trust issues.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Solaris system to the latest version and monitor network connections for potential attacks.

Original NVD description (English source)

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.