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CVE-2021-22569

Denial of Service of protobuf-java parsing procedure

Published: Jan 7, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-696
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.7%
Top 25.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A potential Denial of Service issue in protobuf-java

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-696NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

Google Inc
commercial·USaka google, google llc
ProtobufLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Android StudioOn-premDesktop App
Mobile Apps
google-protobufLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
protobuf-javaLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries
protobuf-kotlinLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
oracle
commercial·USaka oracle corp.
communications cloud native core consoleOn-premDatabase
Databases / data-warehouse-analytics
communications cloud native core network repository functionOn-premDatabase
Databases / data-warehouse-analytics
communications cloud native core policyOn-premDatabase
Databases / cache-message-queue
spatial and graph mapviewerOn-premWeb App
Databases / db-tooling
Google LLC
commercial·US
protobuf-javaLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
protobuf-kotlinLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
google-protobuf [JRuby Gem]LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Maven
package-ecosystem
com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java
OSS Libraries
com.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlin
OSS Libraries
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Common EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
RubyGems
package-ecosystem
google-protobuf
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/security/advisories/GHSA-wrvw-hg22-4m67
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22569
nvd.nist.gov
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=39330
bugs.chromium.org
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