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.
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Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:15:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | PocketMine-MP before 3.26.5 and 4.0.5 Denial of Service via Skin Data | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-20 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
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Updated: 2026-09-07T12:55:09.862Z
Reserved: 2026-09-05T21:03:47.627Z
Link: CVE-2022-51017
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-07T13:17:23.747
Modified: 2026-09-07T13:17:23.747
Link: CVE-2022-51017
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