DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1941
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 Versions for 3.16 and 3.17 are no longer updated.
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | protobuf | 3.12.4-1, 3.12.4-1, 0 |
| Debian:14 | protobuf | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:12 | protobuf | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:13 | protobuf | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Sep 22, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated