Bug 2480355 (CVE-2026-44070)

Summary: CVE-2026-44070 netatalk: Netatalk: Denial of Service via unbounded realloc in charset conversion
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A flaw was found in Netatalk. An attacker with low privileges could exploit an unbounded reallocation (realloc) vulnerability during charset conversion. This could lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) due to excessive memory consumption.
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Bug Depends On: 2480492, 2480493    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-21 08:01:30 UTC
In Netatalk 2.0.0 through 4.4.2, unbounded realloc in charset conversion. Fixed in 4.5.0.