CVE-2022-51017
Description
PocketMine-MP versions before 3.26.5 and 4.0.5 fail to validate the length of skin data fields submitted by players, allowing uncapped values to exceed the 32767 byte TAG_String limit. Attackers can submit oversized skin data fields like skinID or geometryName to trigger exceptions during NBT data serialization, causing server crashes.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/commit/6492cac5c10f9fa8443ceddd2191a7b65b73f601
- https://github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/commit/958a9dbf0fe3131ab60319c5a939f5dfbfe5dfbb
- https://github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/security/advisories/GHSA-c6fg-99pr-25m9
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pocketmine-mp-before-3.26.5-and-4.0.5-denial-of-service-via-skin-data
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.