Music Player Daemon · Mpd · CVE-2020-7466
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
MPD versions prior to 5.9
**Description**
The issue allows a remote attacker who can send specifically crafted PPP authentication messages to cause the daemon to read beyond an allocated memory buffer, resulting in a denial of service condition.
**Recommendations**
For versions prior to 5.9, update to version 5.9 or later to resolve the issue.