CVE-2022-3509 (GCVE-0-2022-3509)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-01 18:09 – Updated: 2025-04-22 15:10
VLAI
Title
Parsing issue in protobuf textformat
Summary
A parsing issue similar to CVE-2022-3171, but with textformat 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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Google ProtocolBuffers Affected: 3.21.0 , < 3.21.7 (semver)
Affected: 3.20.0 , < 3.20.3 (semver)
Affected: 3.19.0 , < 3.19.6 (semver)
Affected: 3.16.0 , < 3.16.3 (semver)
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