Unauthenticated service crash via error-length misuse
Published Jan 10, 2023 · Updated Apr 9, 2025
An out-of-bounds write in Music Player Daemon 0.23.10 on Windows allows remote attackers to crash the service with a crafted command. Error formatting in src/system/Error.hxx trusts snprintf's would-have-written length after truncation, then writes a separator beyond a fixed stack buffer. An unauthenticated network client can trigger the fault with an oversized listplaylist argument that enters the error-logging path, terminating MPD.
Summary
What happened
An out-of-bounds write in Music Player Daemon 0.23.10 on Windows allows remote attackers to crash the service with a crafted command. Error formatting in src/system/Error.hxx trusts snprintf's would-have-written length after truncation, then writes a separator beyond a fixed stack buffer. An unauthenticated network client can trigger the fault with an oversized listplaylist argument that enters the error-logging path, terminating MPD.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-46449
- Published
- Jan 10, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 9, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 10, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 9, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- Oversized listplaylist command crash demonstrationproof of concept · demonstrated
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