CVE-2023-38469Medium· 6.2▾ SunlitA vulnerability was found in Avahi, where a reachable assertion exists in avahi_dns_packet_append_record.
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 34.1 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0
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Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA's ADP record at CVE.org: whether exploitation is observed, whether an attack can be automated, and how much of the system is at stake. The CVSS score shown above comes from the assigning CNA record, not NVD.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via CVEORG
Last analysed / modified upstream
0.3%
A vulnerability was found in Avahi, where a reachable assertion exists in avahi_dns_packet_append_record.
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Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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