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CVE-2022-0194

Published: Mar 28, 2023

Modified: Nov 4, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

9.8

CRITICAL

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Netatalk. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the ad_addcomment function. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-15876.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Netatalk	Netatalk	affected `3.1.12`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

https://netatalk.sourceforge.io/3.1/ReleaseNotes3.1.13.html

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-530/

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