Description
Music Player Daemon (MPD) before version 0.24.11 contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the pcm_unpack_24be function in src/pcm/Pack.cxx that allows unauthenticated attackers to corrupt stack memory by triggering an off-by-one write in the PCM decoder plugin. Attackers can issue two MPD commands referencing a malicious HTTP audio source to cause the unpack loop to write 1366 entries into a 1365-entry buffer, overwriting four bytes past the array boundary with three attacker-controlled bytes from an HTTP response body, resulting in daemon termination or potential code execution.
Problem types
Product status
Any version before 0.24.11
Credits
Matteo Strada
Daniele Berardinelli
References
mstreet97.github.io/...026/05/25/Four_Bugs_Reachable_nc.html
www.musicpd.org/news/2026/05/mpd-0-24-11-released/
raw.githubusercontent.com/...cPlayerDaemon/MPD/v0.24.11/NEWS
github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD/releases/tag/v0.24.11
github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD/issues/2485
github.com/...ommit/59911028c020f84bc2e669da6a1ef88121301274
www.vulncheck.com/...ack-buffer-overflow-via-pcm-unpack-24be