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CVE-2018-1160

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2018-12-20
  • Fixed in3.1.12
  • WeaknessCWE-787

Am I affected?

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Description

Netatalk before 3.1.12 is vulnerable to an out of bounds write in dsi_opensess.c. This is due to lack of bounds checking on attacker controlled data. A remote unauthenticated attacker can leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2018-12-2021:29CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2018-12-21Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB

Observed activity

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Versions per branch

NVD
Netatalk
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.1< 3.1.123.1.12
Synology diskstation manager
BranchAffectedFixed in
6.2≥ 6.2, < 6.2.1-23824-46.2.1-23824-4
6.1≥ 6.1, < 6.1.7-15284-36.1.7-15284-3
5.2≥ 5.2, < 5.2-5967-95.2-5967-9
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
9.0= 9.0no fix published

3 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As tenable, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Netatalk
    Affected
    • = Before 3.1.12no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2019-04-08

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • netatalkUbuntu:18.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 2.2.6-1ubuntu0.18.04.2
  • netatalkUbuntu:16.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 2.2.5-1ubuntu0.2
  • netatalkUbuntu:14.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 2.2.2-1ubuntu2.2
  • netatalkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4all versions · fixed in 3.1.0-3.3.1
  • netatalkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3all versions · fixed in 3.1.0-3.3.1
  • netatalkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4all versions · fixed in 3.1.0-3.3.1
  • netatalkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3all versions · fixed in 3.1.0-3.3.1
  • netatalkSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4all versions · fixed in 2.0.3-249.23.3.1

24 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Netatalk to 3.1.12

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-46034EDB-46048EDB-46675
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedSachinThanushka/CVE-2018-1160
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2018-12-20
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-j675-7hvj-qfw5

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1160?

Netatalk before 3.1.12 is vulnerable to an out of bounds write in dsi_opensess.c. This is due to lack of bounds checking on attacker controlled data. A remote unauthenticated attacker can leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution.

Is CVE-2018-1160 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2018-1160, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-1160?

CVE-2018-1160 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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