CVE-2010-2244

The AvahiDnsPacket function in avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi 0.6.16 and 0.6.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a DNS packet with an invalid checksum followed by a DNS packet with a valid checksum, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5081.

Published: 2010-07-08 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-2244 is rated Moderate Risk (48.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.64%). EPSS rose +1.73% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2244

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.91% 2.64% +1.73%
2 2026-03-05 1.30% 0.91% -0.40%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.30% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2244

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-2244

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-2244

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-2244 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (avahi), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2244
gentoo normal CVE-2010-2244: 1 GLSA(s) (201110-17), 1 atom(s) (net-dns/avahi); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-2244
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2244
suse medium CVE-2010-2244 severity moderate: SUSE including 126 source package names (avahi, avahi-0.6.31-20.59, …), 432 product×package rows across 57 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7, … (57 product lines)): Fixed 224, Known Not Affected 208. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2244/
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-2244 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (avahi), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, upstream): released 5, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2244

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2244

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
avahi avahi 0.6.16 cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
avahi avahi 0.6.25 cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.6.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2244

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