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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| MusicPlayerDaemon | MPD | < 0.24.11 | 0.24.11 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | mpd | 0.24.12-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | mpd | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | mpd | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | mpd | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | mpd | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | mpd | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | mpd | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | mpd | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | mpd | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | mpd | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | mpd | No fix yet | — |
References
- https://mstreet97.github.io/security-research/opensource/vulnerability-disclosure/cybersecurity/cve/2026/05/25/Four_Bugs_Reachable_nc.html technical-description exploit
- https://www.musicpd.org/news/2026/05/mpd-0-24-11-released/ release-notes patch
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD/v0.24.11/NEWS release-notes
- MPD 0.24.11 Release Notes release-notes
- https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD/issues/2485 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD/commit/59911028c020f84bc2e669da6a1ef88121301274 patch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/music-player-daemon-stack-buffer-overflow-via-pcm-unpack-24be third-party-advisory