{"id":"CVE-2023-38470","title":"Reachable assertion in avahi_escape_label","summary":"A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_escape_label() function.","severity":"medium","cvss":6.2,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-617"],"vendor":"avahi","product":"avahi","affected":["avahi < 0.9-rc1","avahi","avahi","avahi (all versions)","avahi (all versions)","avahi (all versions)"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2024-08-29T13:54:46.019977Z"},"published":"2023-11-02","updated":"2026-10-28","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-28T16:43:04.077Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38470","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38470"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2191690","label":"RHBZ#2191690"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.0032,"epssPercentile":0.24858,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-28T17:14:44.463Z","slug":"CVE-2023-38470","body":"## Overview\n\nA vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_escape_label() function.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `avahi < 0.9-rc1`\n- `avahi`\n- `avahi`\n- `avahi (all versions)`\n- `avahi (all versions)`\n- `avahi (all versions)`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":34,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":34.1,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}