CVSS 3.1
8.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2015-5237
High (8.8) in google protobuf. EPSS 5.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in Google.Protobuf 3.4.0.
protobuf allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.
Severity
- EPSS
- 5.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-787
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- google:protobuf
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-jwvw-v7c5-m82h | NuGet | Google.Protobuf | <3.4.0 | 3.4.0 |
| GHSA-jwvw-v7c5-m82h | Maven | com.google.protobuf:protobuf-parent | <3.4.0 | 3.4.0 |
| GHSA-jwvw-v7c5-m82h | Go | github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf | <3.4.0 | 3.4.0 |
| GHSA-jwvw-v7c5-m82h | Packagist | google/protobuf | <3.4.0 | 3.4.0 |
| GHSA-jwvw-v7c5-m82h | PyPI | protobuf | <3.4.0 | 3.4.0 |
| PYSEC-2017-65 | PyPI | protobuf | <3.4.0 | 3.4.0 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256426
- https://github.com/google/protobuf/issues/760
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E