TI-2024-25689 Aliases CVE-2024-38439 GHSA-pcmr-ff73-xcj5

Netatalk before 3.2.1 has an off-by-one error and resultant heap-based buffer overflow…

HIGH 82CWE-787Published 2024-06-16 · Updated 2025-11-03

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Netatalk before 3.2.1 has an off-by-one error and resultant heap-based buffer overflow because of setting ibuf[PASSWDLEN] to '\0' in FPLoginExt in login in etc/uams/uams_pam.c. 2.4.1 and 3.1.19 are also fixed versions.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00931 60th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:netatalk:netatalk::::::::	2.0.0 to before 2.4.1; 3.0.0 to before 3.1.19	Vulnerable	Netatalk
cpe:2.3:a:netatalk:netatalk:3.2.0:::::::*	3.2.0	Vulnerable	Netatalk

cpe:2.3:a:netatalk:netatalk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 to before 2.4.1; 3.0.0 to before 3.1.19 Vulnerable ·Netatalk
cpe:2.3:a:netatalk:netatalk:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2.0 Vulnerable ·Netatalk

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-38439
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pcmr-ff73-xcj5

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/security/advisories/GHSA-8r68-857c-4rqc

Patch 1

https://netatalk.io/security/CVE-2024-38439

Other 2

TI-2018-01076 Out-of-bounds write in Netatalk CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-25690 Netatalk before 3.2.1 has an off-by-one error, and resultant heap-based buffer overflow… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2022-22254 Netatalk through 3.1.13 has an afp_getappl heap-based buffer overflow resulting in code… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2022-21402 Heap-based buffer overflow in Netatalk CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-07290 Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Netatalk CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-25691 Netatalk before 3.2.1 has an off-by-one error and resultant heap-based buffer overflow… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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