Is CVE-2008-5081 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-5081 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-5081?

CVE-2008-5081 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-5081?

CVE-2008-5081 has an EPSS score of 59.22% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-5081

MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function (avahi-core/server.c) in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0, which triggers an assertion failure.

CWE-399

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

59.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

http://avahi.org/milestone/Avahi%200.6.24
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33153
http://secunia.com/advisories/33220
http://secunia.com/advisories/33279
http://secunia.com/advisories/33475
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-11.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1690
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/14/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32825
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-696-1
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9987
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7520

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.