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CVE-2016-10369 json

unixsocket.c in lxterminal through 0.3.0 insecurely uses /tmp for a socket file, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service (preven…

published 2017-05-08 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-1551

cvss
7.8
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

unixsocket.c in lxterminal through 0.3.0 insecurely uses /tmp for a socket file, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service (preventing terminal launch), or possibly have other impact (bypassing terminal access control).

Patch / fix

  • lxterminal Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.3.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10369

  • lxterminal Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.1.11-4ubuntu3.1
  • lxterminal Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.2.0-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10369

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • lxterminal openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.4.0-1.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11031-1

  • lxterminal Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +16 more 0.3.0-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-10369

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • lxterminal Arch Linux 0.3.0-2

arch linux advisories AVG-264

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-2016-10369 updated cvss 5.5

lxterminal: Insecure use of /tmp for a socket file

  • 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, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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