cve-2022-3509
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-11-01 18:09
Modified
2025-04-22 15:10
Summary
A parsing issue similar to CVE-2022-3171, but with textformat in protobuf-java core and lite versions prior to 3.21.7, 3.20.3, 3.19.6 and 3.16.3 can lead to a denial of service attack. Inputs containing multiple instances of non-repeated embedded messages with repeated or unknown fields causes objects to be converted back-n-forth between mutable and immutable forms, resulting in potentially long garbage collection pauses. We recommend updating to the versions mentioned above.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Google ProtocolBuffers Version: 3.21.0   
Version: 3.20.0   
Version: 3.19.0   
Version: 3.16.0   
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