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CVE-2017-6519

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2017-05-01
  • WeaknessCWE-346

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Description

avahi-daemon in Avahi through 0.6.32 and 0.7 inadvertently responds to IPv6 unicast queries with source addresses that are not on-link, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) and may cause information leakage by obtaining potentially sensitive information from the responding device via port-5353 UDP packets. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2015-2809.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2017-05-0101:59CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Canonical ubuntu linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
12.4= 12.04no fix published
14.4= 14.04no fix published
16.4= 16.04no fix published
18.4= 18.04no fix published
18.10= 18.10no fix published
Avahi
BranchAffectedFixed in
0.6≤ 0.6.32no fix published
0.7= 0.7no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2025-12-03
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
  • CISA-ADPCVSS 3.19.12025-12-03
  • NVDCVSS 3.09.1read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.06.4read 2026-10-23
  • CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-3462025-12-03
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-346read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score3.2 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Published
2017-05-01
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6519?

avahi-daemon in Avahi through 0.6.32 and 0.7 inadvertently responds to IPv6 unicast queries with source addresses that are not on-link, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) and may cause information leakage by obtaining potentially sensitive information from the responding device via port-5353 UDP packets. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2015-2809.

Is CVE-2017-6519 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2017-6519 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 3.2% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-6519?

CVE-2017-6519 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

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