CVE-2024-2410 Use after free in C++ protobuf

2024-05-0312:58:39

CWE-416

Google

www.cve.org

cve-2024-2410

protocol buffers

json parsing

CVSS3

7.6

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

AI Score

7.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

9.0%

JSON

The JsonToBinaryStream() function is part of the protocol buffers C++ implementation and is used to parse JSON from a stream. If the input is broken up into separate chunks in a certain way, the parser will attempt to read bytes from a chunk that has already been freed.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "product": "protobuf",
    "repo": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf",
    "vendor": "protocolbuffers",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "4.25.0",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "4.22.0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ]
  }
]