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CVE-2015-5237

protobuf allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

Published:Aug 27, 2015

Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025

EPS:Sep 25, 2017

EPSS Score:0.00763

CVSS Score:8.8

Affected Products

Vendor

Product

Action

Vendor

Google

Product

Protobuf

Google

Protobuf

Exploits

No exploit reference

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-131 Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

CAPEC-100 Overflow Buffers

CAPEC-47 Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion

CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

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References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/2

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256426

https://github.com/google/protobuf/issues/760

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E

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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/2

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256426

https://github.com/google/protobuf/issues/760

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E

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