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CVE-2020-7466

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-10-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The PPP implementation of MPD before 5.9 allows a remote attacker who can send specifically crafted PPP authentication message to cause the daemon to read beyond allocated memory buffer, which would result in a denial of service condition.

Affected products

• Mpd Project Mpd: before 5.9 — fixed in 5.9
• Stormshield Network Security: from 4.0.0 before 4.3.17; 4.4.0 — fixed in 4.3.17

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mpd Project Mpd 5.9; Stormshield Network Security 4.3.17. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://sourceforge.net/p/mpd/bugs/69/
• https://sourceforge.net/p/mpd/svn/2374/
• https://sourceforge.net/p/mpd/bugs/69/
• https://sourceforge.net/p/mpd/svn/2374/

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