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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
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.7%
Top 26.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A potential Denial of Service issue in protobuf-java

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

com.google.protobuf:protobuf-javaMavenOSS Libraries
google-protobufRubyGemsOSS Libraries
com.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlinMavenOSS Libraries
google-protobufgoogle
On-prem
Mobile Apps / android-app
protobuf-javagoogle
On-prem
Mobile Apps / android-app
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
rubygemspackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
googlecommercialUSMobile Appsaka google inc, google llc
and 14 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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
and 17 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jan 7, 2022
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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