CVE-2016-9036: Tarantool Msgpuck

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An exploitable incorrect return value vulnerability exists in the mp_check function of Tarantool's Msgpuck library 1.0.3. A specially crafted packet can cause the mp_check function to incorrectly return success when trying to check if decoding a map16 packet will read outside the bounds of a buffer, resulting in a denial of service vulnerability.

Affected products

• Tarantool Msgpuck: version 1.0.3 only

Published 2016-12-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.