NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting owntone/owntone-server package, versions [,29.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.46% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OWNTONEOWNTONESERVER-15046289
  • published21 Jan 2026
  • disclosed20 Jan 2026
  • creditarchersec

Introduced: 20 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-57156  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade owntone/owntone-server to version 29.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via the dacp_reply_playqueueedit_clear function. An attacker can cause the application to crash by sending specially crafted requests that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1