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CVE-2022-3171

Published: Oct 12, 2022

Modified: Apr 21, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

4.3

MEDIUM

Description

A parsing issue with binary data in protobuf-java core and lite versions prior to 3.21.7, 3.20.3, 3.19.6 and 3.16.3 can lead to a denial of service attack. Inputs containing multiple instances of non-repeated embedded messages with repeated or unknown fields causes objects to be converted back-n-forth between mutable and immutable forms, resulting in potentially long garbage collection pauses. We recommend updating to the versions mentioned above.

VendorProductVersions

Google LLC

Protocolbuffers

affected
3.21.7 - < 3.21.7
affected
3.20.3 - < 3.20.3
affected
3.19.6 - < 3.19.6
affected
3.16.3 - < 3.16.3

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

References

FEDORA-2022-25f35ed634
vendor-advisory
GLSA-202301-09
vendor-advisory
FEDORA-2022-15729fa33d
vendor-advisory

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