CVE-2022-23125
CRITICAL EXPLOITEDnetatalk < 3.1.13 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in copyapplfile
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2022-23125 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).
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 copyapplfile function. When parsing the len element, the process does not properly validate 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-15869.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00018.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5503
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-02
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-526/
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/709991
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.3213
EPSS Percentile
96.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
VulnCheck KEV
2025-10-14
CWE
CWE-121
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
debian/debian_linux
11.0
netatalk/netatalk
< 3.1.13
Published
Mar 28, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026