Is CVE-2011-1002 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2011-1002 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2011-1002?

CVE-2011-1002 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2011-1002?

CVE-2011-1002 has an EPSS score of 29.36% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2011-1002

MEDIUMEPSS 98th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an empty mDNS (1) IPv4 or (2) IPv6 UDP packet to port 5353. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-2244.

CWE-835

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

29.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

http://avahi.org/ticket/325
http://git.0pointer.de/?p=avahi.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=46109dfec75534fe270c0ab902576f685d5ab3a6
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055858.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/18/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/18/4
http://osvdb.org/70948
http://secunia.com/advisories/43361
http://secunia.com/advisories/43465
http://secunia.com/advisories/43605
http://secunia.com/advisories/43673
http://secunia.com/advisories/44131
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1084-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2174
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:037
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:040
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/9
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0436.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0779.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46446
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0448
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0499
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0511
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0565
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0601
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0670
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0969
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/cve-2011-1002-avahi-daemon-remote-denial-of-service/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667187
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65524
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65525

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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 2026-04-29.