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Fencer Vulns
low 3.3

CVE-2017-8933 json

Libmenu-cache 1.0.2 insecurely uses /tmp for a socket file, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service (menu unavailability).

published 2017-05-15 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-17873

cvss
3.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Libmenu-cache 1.0.2 insecurely uses /tmp for a socket file, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service (menu unavailability).

Patch / fix

  • menu-cache Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.2-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8933

  • menu-cache Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1
  • menu-cache Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8933

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-8933 updated cvss 4.8

menu-cache: Insecure temporary file creation in get_socket_name function

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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