protobuf vulnerabilities

2023-03-1306:07:39

Google

osv.dev

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

7.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

56.7%

JSON

It was discovered that Protocol Buffers did not properly validate field
com.google.protobuf.UnknownFieldSet in protobuf-java. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to perform a denial of service attack. This issue
only affected protobuf Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-22569)

It was discovered that Protocol Buffers did not properly parse certain
symbols. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or other unspecified impact. (CVE-2021-22570)

It was discovered that Protocol Buffers did not properly manage memory when
parsing specifically crafted messages. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause applications using protobuf to crash, resulting in a denial
of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-1941)