VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-2121

The TCP implementation in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and new connection timeouts) via a TCP SYN flood attack.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 2.64%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The TCP implementation in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and new connection timeouts) via a TCP SYN flood attack.

CVSS 2.0: 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS: 2.64% probability · 85th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-16
Affected: sun/sunos
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 2.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.