High severity · published Sep 25, 2017
CVE-2015-5237
protobuf allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a heap-based buffer overflow
8.8
CVSS
5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
protobuf allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.0% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PR
Protobuf · Google
through 3.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5237
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5237
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/2
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256426
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/google/protobuf/issues/760
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
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