CVE-2022-51012
PocketMine-MP before 4.2.9 Denial of Service via NBT Deserialization
PocketMine-MP versions before 4.2.9 fail to properly validate NBT data types during deserialization of inventory transaction packets from clients. Attackers can send crafted inventory transactions with malformed NBT tags to trigger server crashes and cause denial of service.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
PocketMine-MP before 4.2.9 Denial of Service via NBT Deserialization
PocketMine-MP versions before 4.2.9 fail to properly validate NBT data types during deserialization of inventory transaction packets from clients. Attackers can send crafted inventory transactions with malformed NBT tags to trigger server crashes and cause denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2022-51012- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-56041
PocketMine-MP versions before 4.2.9 fail to properly validate NBT data types during deserialization of inventory transaction packets from clients. Attackers can send crafted inventory transactions with malformed NBT tags to trigger server crashes and cause denial of service.
- Record
EUVD-2022-56041- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-34g8-2ffh-764w
PocketMine-MP versions before 4.2.9 fail to properly validate NBT data types during...
PocketMine-MP versions before 4.2.9 fail to properly validate NBT data types during deserialization of inventory transaction packets from clients. Attackers can send crafted inventory transactions with malformed NBT tags to trigger server crashes and cause denial of service.
- Record
GHSA-34g8-2ffh-764w- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g5rr-p69h-7v3g
Insufficient type validation in pocketmine/pocketmine-mp
Impact
When an inventory interaction is performed (e.g. moving an item around an inventory), the client sends a serialized version of the itemstack to the server, which the server then deserializes and compares against its own copy. If the copies don't match, the transaction is invalid.
This involves deserializing item NBT from the client, which allows for bogus data to be provided. Usually, this is harmless, but in this particular case, it could result in crashes on certain types of bad data (e.g. incorrect ListTag type provided for the CanDestroy tag).
Patches
This is fixed in 4.2.9 by commit 5a98b08ee8dc8ff14862cd83d2e4af9d212fefc2.
Workarounds
It's non-trivial to workaround this, but can be done by handling InventoryTransactionPacket and PlayerAuthInputPacket to scrub inbound transaction data of bogus NBT that would cause these crashes.
For more information
- Email us at [email protected]
- Record
GHSA-g5rr-p69h-7v3g- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-1287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
PocketMine-MP versions before 4.2.9 fail to properly validate NBT data types during deserialization of inventory transaction packets from clients. Attackers can send crafted inventory transactions with malformed NBT tags to trigger server crashes and cause denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2022-51012- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
PocketMine-MP before 4.2.9 Denial of Service via NBT Deserialization
PocketMine-MP versions before 4.2.9 fail to properly validate NBT data types during deserialization of inventory transaction packets from clients. Attackers can send crafted inventory transactions with malformed NBT tags to trigger server crashes and cause denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2022-51012- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-g5rr-p69h-7v3g
Insufficient type validation in pocketmine/pocketmine-mp
Impact
When an inventory interaction is performed (e.g. moving an item around an inventory), the client sends a serialized version of the itemstack to the server, which the server then deserializes and compares against its own copy. If the copies don't match, the transaction is invalid.
This involves deserializing item NBT from the client, which allows for bogus data to be provided. Usually, this is harmless, but in this particular case, it could result in crashes on certain types of bad data (e.g. incorrect ListTag type provided for the CanDestroy tag).
Patches
This is fixed in 4.2.9 by commit 5a98b08ee8dc8ff14862cd83d2e4af9d212fefc2.
Workarounds
It's non-trivial to workaround this, but can be done by handling InventoryTransactionPacket and PlayerAuthInputPacket to scrub inbound transaction data of bogus NBT that would cause these crashes.
For more information
- Email us at [email protected]
- Record
GHSA-g5rr-p69h-7v3g- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1287, CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
pocketmine/pocketmine-mpPackagist |
before 4.2.9 | 4.2.9 |
pocketmine/pocketmine-mpPackagist |
before 4.2.9, plus listed versions 3.0.03.0.13.0.103.0.113.0.12 Show 45 moreShow less3.0.23.0.33.0.43.0.53.0.63.0.73.0.83.0.93.1.03.1.13.1.23.1.33.1.43.1.53.1.63.1.73.1.83.10.03.10.13.11.03.11.13.11.23.11.33.11.43.11.53.11.63.11.73.12.03.12.13.12.23.12.33.12.43.12.53.12.63.13.03.13.13.14.03.14.13.14.23.14.33.15.03.15.13.15.23.15.33.15.4 |
4.2.9 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-51012 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Pmmp Pocketmine-mp, published April 22, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.53%, the 45th percentile. Fixed in pocketmine/pocketmine-mp 4.2.9.
References
github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/security/advisories/GHSA-g5rr-p69h-7v3g
vulncheck.com/advisories/pocketmine-mp-before-4.2.9-denial-of-service-via-nbt-deserialization
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-51012
Left out here: 140 versions. The JSON record has them.