CVE-2026-72854

NameCVE-2026-72854
Descriptionmsgpack_unpacker_expand_buffer in src/unpack.c, reached through the public msgpack_unpacker_reserve_buffer API, computes its new buffer size using an unchecked size_t addition of the requested size and the amount already used. The doubling loop guards its own multiplication against overflow, but the addition in the loop condition is unguarded, so a request near SIZE_MAX wraps: the loop condition is already satisfied, the allocation is performed at the small pre-wrap size, and the function returns true. The caller is told the requested capacity was reserved when it was not, so a subsequent write of the requested length overflows the heap buffer. The library's own example/lib_buffer_unpack.c demonstrates the reserve-then-write pattern, and its defensive assert comparing capacity against the request is compiled out under NDEBUG. msgpack-c's own decode entry points do not derive the reservation size from untrusted input, so reaching this requires an integration that passes an attacker-influenced length to the reservation API, such as a length-prefixed streaming transport.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
msgpack-c (PTS)bullseye3.3.0-4vulnerable
bookworm4.0.0-3vulnerable
trixie6.0.1-3vulnerable
forky, sid7.0.1-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
msgpack-csource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-c/issues/1181

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