Lm Sensors is a niche, Linux-focused hardware monitoring utility that reads temperature, voltage, and fan data from system sensors, presenting a modest vulnerability surface concentrated in the single product itself. The observed disclosures reflect the tool's kernel-interface and parsing role, with weakness characterization limited by sparse reporting detail. Current severity, exploitation activity, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Lm Sensors over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).
1 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pwmconfig in LM_sensors before 2.9.1 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the fancontrol temporary file | Aug 23, 2005 | 2.1 | 11 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Lm Sensors.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Lm Sensors — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.