High

Improperly checked metadata on tools/armour itemstacks received from the client

  • Disclosed: 18.03.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Impact

Due to a workaround applied in 1.13, an attacker may send a negative damage/meta value in a tool or armour item's NBT, which TypeConverter then blindly uses as if it was valid without being checked.

When this invalid metadata value reaches Durable->setDamage(), an exception is thrown because the metadata is not within the expected range for damage values.

This can be reproduced with either a too-large damage value, or a negative one.

Patches

c8e1cfcbee4945fd4b63d2a7e96025c59744d4f1

Workarounds

In theory this can be checked by plugins using a custom TypeConverter, but this is likely to be very cumbersome.

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Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package pocketmine/pocketmine-mp < 4.2.4 4.2.4

References

CVSS score 7.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-704
Platform
Composer
Package
pocketmine/pocketmine-mp
Disclosed
18.03.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-46c5-pfj8-fv65 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: pocketmine/pocketmine-mp

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (30) in the archive
Total entries
30
First → latest
11.2020 04.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 20
  • Medium 8
  • Low 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2020: 1
  2. 2021: 1
  3. 2022: 11
  4. 2023: 8
  5. 2024: 2
  6. 2025: 2
  7. 2026: 5
Severity:
  1. High · 7.5 CVE-2023-54392 >= 4.20.0, < 4.22.3, >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.1 4.22.3, 5.2.1
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2022-51012 < 4.2.9 4.2.9
  3. Improperly checked metadata on tools/armour itemstacks received from the client this entry
    High · 7.5 CVE-2022-51013 < 4.2.4 4.2.4
  4. High · 7.5 CVE-2022-51014 >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.7 4.0.7
  5. High · 7.5 CVE-2022-51015 < 4.0.6 4.0.6
  6. High · 7.5 CVE-2022-51017 < 3.26.5, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.5 3.26.5, 4.0.5
  7. High CVE-2020-37277 < 3.15.4 3.15.4

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