NaN/INF in serverbound movement packets can crash clients and servers
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.
Summary
### Impact A malicious client may send a `MovePlayerPacket` to the server whose position or rotation contains NaN or INF. Since neither the server nor vanilla client handles this properly, a number of interesting side effects come into play. - The server may crash in various ways if this exploit is used, because some mathematical operations on NaN/INF generate PHP warnings, which are converted into exceptions. - Clients may not be able to see other clients who have a NaN/INF rotation. - Clients may also crash in such cases. ### Patches A patch for this was included in the 3.18.1 release: https://github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/commit/fb20bb38327b4c08ee3976640cd0dd547388a638 ### Workarounds Workarounds could be implemented as plugins using `DataPacketReceiveEvent` to block any inbound movement packets containing bogus values. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: - Open an issue in [pmmp/PocketMine-MP](https://github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP) - Email us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| — | pocketmine/pocketmine-mp (Packagist) | before 3.18.1 | 3.18.1 | Patch available | GHSA-fm35-jgg3-3grx |
- pocketmine/pocketmine-mp (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 3.18.1 Fixed in 3.18.1 Patch available GHSA-fm35-jgg3-3grx
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-fm35-jgg3-3grx pocketmine/pocketmine-mp (Packagist) Fixed in 3.18.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-fm35-jgg3-3grx
Sources
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