VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-2289
Buffer overflow in avahi-core in Avahi before 0.6.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.48%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Buffer overflow in avahi-core in Avahi before 0.6.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 41th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- avahi/avahi
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://0pointer.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/%2Acheckout%2A/trunk/docs/NEWS?root=avahi
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20022Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20215
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_19.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17884Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26331
- http://0pointer.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/%2Acheckout%2A/trunk/docs/NEWS?root=avahi
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20022Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20215
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_19.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17884Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26331
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.