CVE-2017-8933

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Published 2017-05-15 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

3.3

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

3.3

Description

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

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

34%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.0.2-3`
sid	Fixed	`1.0.2-3`
forky	Fixed	`1.0.2-3`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.0.2-3`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.0.2-3`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
libmenu-cache_project	libmenu-cache	`1.0.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.