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FKIE_CVE-2022-3510

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-12-12 13:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:59
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
A parsing issue similar to CVE-2022-3171, but with Message-Type Extensions 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.
References
cve-coordination@google.comhttps://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/db7c17803320525722f45c1d26fc08bc41d1bf48Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/db7c17803320525722f45c1d26fc08bc41d1bf48Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google protobuf-java *
google protobuf-java *
google protobuf-java *
google protobuf-java *
google protobuf-javalite *
google protobuf-javalite *
google protobuf-javalite *
google protobuf-javalite *
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