Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting netatalk package, versions [2.0.4,4.4.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NETATALK-16874137
  • published25 May 2026
  • disclosed21 May 2026
  • creditArjun Basnet

Introduced: 21 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-44048  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade netatalk to version 4.4.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow in the convert_charset function due to UCS-2 type confusion. An attacker can execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by supplying specially crafted input.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1