CVE-2022-1941

HIGH

ProtocolBuffers <3.16.1-4.21.5 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

A parsing vulnerability for the MessageSet type in the ProtocolBuffers versions prior to and including 3.16.1, 3.17.3, 3.18.2, 3.19.4, 3.20.1 and 3.21.5 for protobuf-cpp, and versions prior to and including 3.16.1, 3.17.3, 3.18.2, 3.19.4, 3.20.1 and 4.21.5 for protobuf-python can lead to out of memory failures. A specially crafted message with multiple key-value per elements creates parsing issues, and can lead to a Denial of Service against services receiving unsanitized input. We recommend upgrading to versions 3.18.3, 3.19.5, 3.20.2, 3.21.6 for protobuf-cpp and 3.18.3, 3.19.5, 3.20.2, 4.21.6 for protobuf-python. Versions for 3.16 and 3.17 are no longer updated.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 35.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-1286
Status published

Affected Products (6)

google/protobuf-cpp < 3.18.3
google/protobuf-python < 3.18.3
fedoraproject/fedora
fedoraproject/fedora
debian/debian_linux
pypi/protobuf < 3.18.3PyPI

Timeline

Published Sep 22, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026