# CVE-2022-48363: In MPD before 0.23.8, as used on Automotive Grade Linux and other platforms, the PipeWire output plugin mishandles a Drain call in certain s

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-02-26 · Updated: 2025-03-11

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In MPD before 0.23.8, as used on Automotive Grade Linux and other platforms, the PipeWire output plugin mishandles a Drain call in certain situations involving truncated files. Eventually there is an assertion failure in libmpdclient because libqtappfw passes in a NULL pointer.

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## References

- https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/q/project:src%252Flibqtappfw+status:open
- https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/c/src/libqtappfw/+/28484
- https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/c/src/libqtappfw/+/28485
- https://jira.automotivelinux.org/browse/SPEC-4661

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