CVE-2022-1941
Google LLC · published 2022-09-22
Source record Collected from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Description
Description by Google Inc. via the CVE Program.
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 Versions for 3.16 and 3.17 are no longer updated.
Status at the source
- NVD status: Modified
Affected products, as the source lists them
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Google LLC | protobuf-cpp | unspecified – 3.16.1 and earlier: affected unspecified – 3.17.3 and earlier: affected unspecified – 3.18.2 and earlier: affected unspecified – 3.19.4 and earlier: affected unspecified – 3.20.1 and earlier: affected unspecified – 3.21.5 and earlier: affected |
| Google LLC | protobuf-python | unspecified – 3.16.1 and earlier: affected unspecified – 3.17.3 and earlier: affected unspecified – 3.18.2 and earlier: affected unspecified – 3.19.4 and earlier: affected unspecified – 3.20.1 and earlier: affected unspecified – 4.21.5 and earlier: affected |
Added by CISA-ADP (Authorized Data Publisher)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| protobuf-cpp | 0 – before 3.18.3: affected 3.19.0 – before 3.19.5: affected 3.20.0 – before 3.20.2: affected 3.21.0 – before 3.21.6: affected | |
| protobuf-python | 0 – before 3.18.3: affected 3.19.0 – before 3.19.5: affected 3.20.0 – before 3.20.2: affected 4.0.0 – before 4.21.6: affected |
Products named in NVD's CPE match criteria (4)
cpe:2.3:a:google:protobuf-cpp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:google:protobuf-python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
DeSpy has not checked any unit, hardware revision or firmware. A product missing here is not a statement that it is unaffected.
Scores, as their sources published them
- CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HIGH — as published by NIST (Primary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HIGH — as published by CISA-ADP (Secondary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - SSVC — CISA's assessment (SSVC 2.0.3, CISA Coordinator): Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
DeSpy does not score records. These are the sources' own values.
Weaknesses
CWE-1286, NVD-CWE-Other
Sources
References the source lists
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/27/1
- https://cloud.google.com/support/bulletins#GCP-2022-019
- https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/security/advisories/GHSA-8gq9-2x98-w8hf
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00019.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBAUKJQL6O4TIWYBENORSY5P43TVB4M3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MPCGUT3T5L6C3IDWUPSUO22QDCGQKTOP/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240705-0001/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/27/1
- https://cloud.google.com/support/bulletins#GCP-2022-019
- https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/security/advisories/GHSA-8gq9-2x98-w8hf
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00019.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBAUKJQL6O4TIWYBENORSY5P43TVB4M3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MPCGUT3T5L6C3IDWUPSUO22QDCGQKTOP/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240705-0001/
Source dates: published 2022-09-22, last changed 2026-06-17. DeSpy's copy of this version is dated 2026-09-28.
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