CVE-2002-1589: Sun Solaris

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unknown vulnerability in Solaris 8, when the 0x02 bit (aka TEST, KMF_DEADBEEF, or deadbeef) is set in the kmem_flags kernel parameter, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system panic).

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: version 8.0 only
• Sun Sunos: version 5.8 only

Published 2002-10-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.