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CVE-2008-2121

The TCP implementation in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...

7.8 High

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.

Exploit likelihood

2.64%Up 0.7 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

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.

Record
CVE-2008-2121
CVSS 2.0
7.8 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness
CWE-16
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2008-2121
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-2118 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2008-2118
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hjw6-p8wp-2qwf No score

The TCP implementation in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...

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.

Record
GHSA-hjw6-p8wp-2qwf
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2008-2121 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Sun Sunos, published May 9, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.64%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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