CVE-2023-24535 (GCVE-0-2023-24535)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-08 20:26 – Updated: 2025-01-06 19:33
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Panic when parsing invalid messages in google.golang.org/protobuf
Summary
Parsing invalid messages can panic. Parsing a text-format message which contains a potential number consisting of a minus sign, one or more characters of whitespace, and no further input will cause a panic.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-06 19:32 UTC
CWE
- CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| google.golang.org/protobuf | google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/prototext |
Affected:
1.29.0 , < 1.29.1
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| google.golang.org/protobuf | google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/encoding/text |
Affected:
1.29.0 , < 1.29.1
(semver)
|
guessed |
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