CVE-2017-6520 describes a critical vulnerability in the Multicast DNS (mDNS) responder of BOSE Soundtouch 30 devices. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (traffic amplification) or extract sensitive information by sending specially crafted IPv4 unicast queries to port 5353. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication or user interaction, leading to high impact on availability and confidentiality. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:bose:soundtouch_30:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.