CVE-2006-2289 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2006-2289?

CVE-2006-2289 is a low-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 May 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in avahi-core in Avahi before 0.6.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2289?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Avahi Avahi.

How do I fix CVE-2006-2289?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2006-2289 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2289 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2017-6519 Denial of service in n/a Critical 9.1
• CVE-2021-26720 Path traversal in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2026-24401 Avahi has Uncontrolled Recursion in lookup_handle_cname function Medium 6.5
• CVE-2025-68468 Avahi has a reachable assertion in lookup_multicast_callback Medium 6.5
• CVE-2025-68471 Avahi has a reachable assertion in lookup_start Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2289, GHSA-wcpr-m747-77wq.