Buffer overflow in Netatalk
CVE-2022-45188
Netatalk through 3.1.13 has an afp_getappl heap-based buffer overflow resulting in code execution via a crafted .appl file. This provides remote root access on some platforms such as FreeBSD (used for TrueNAS).
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.006 (44.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Netatalk
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0, 11.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 36, 37, 38
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-45188?
- CVE-2022-45188 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netatalk, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-11-12.
- How severe is CVE-2022-45188?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-45188 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.