CVE-2017-3516: Oracle Solaris

High severity, CVSS 7.7. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel Zones virtualized NIC driver). The supported version that is affected is 11.3. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Solaris. While the vulnerability is in Solaris, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Solaris. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Affected products

• Oracle Solaris: version 11.3 only

Published 2017-04-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.