CVE-2022-1941

protobuf: message parsing vulnerability in ProtocolBuffers

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 22, 2022

Updated · November 4, 2026

Description

A parsing vulnerability for the MessageSet type in the ProtocolBuffers 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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-1286 · Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input