CVE-2024-24786 (GCVE-0-2024-24786)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-05 22:22 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:40
VLAI
Title
Infinite loop in JSON unmarshaling in google.golang.org/protobuf
Summary
The protojson.Unmarshal function can enter an infinite loop when unmarshaling certain forms of invalid JSON. This condition can occur when unmarshaling into a message which contains a google.protobuf.Any value, or when the UnmarshalOptions.DiscardUnknown option is set.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-1286 - Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input
Assigner
Go
References
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