What is CVE-2022-46449?

CVE-2022-46449 is a high-severity vulnerability in Musicpd Music Player Daemon, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-01-10.

How severe is CVE-2022-46449?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-46449 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Musicpd Music Player Daemon

CVE-2022-46449

An issue in MPD (Music Player Daemon) v0.23.10 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted input.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2023-01-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Musicpd Music Player Daemon — versions 0.23.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

DiRaltvein/memory-corruption-examples

References

github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/MPD/issues/1676 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-46449?: CVE-2022-46449 is a high-severity vulnerability in Musicpd Music Player Daemon, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-01-10.
How severe is CVE-2022-46449?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-46449 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.