CVE-2022-3171
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3171
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-3171.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-3171
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2022-10-12T23:15:09.807Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-20T12:07:04.169626Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
A parsing issue with binary data 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.
- References
-
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBAUKJQL6O4TIWYBENORSY5P43TVB4M3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MPCGUT3T5L6C3IDWUPSUO22QDCGQKTOP/
- https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/security/advisories/GHSA-h4h5-3hr4-j3g2
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-09
Affected packages
Git / github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
Affected versions
3.*
3.15.0-rc1
Other
conformance-build-tag
v16.*
v16.2
v2.*
v2.4.1
v2.5.0
v2.6.0
v2.6.1
v2.6.1rc1
v3.*
v3.0.0
v3.0.0-alpha-1
v3.0.0-alpha-2
v3.0.0-alpha-3
v3.0.0-alpha-4
v3.0.0-beta-1
v3.0.0-beta-1-bzl-fix
v3.0.0-beta-2
v3.0.0-beta-3
v3.0.0-beta-3-pre-1
v3.0.0-beta-4
v3.0.2
v3.1.0
v3.1.0-alpha-1
v3.10.0
v3.10.0-rc1
v3.11.0
v3.11.0-rc1
v3.11.0-rc2
v3.11.1
v3.11.2
v3.11.3
v3.11.4
v3.12.0
v3.12.0-rc1
v3.12.0-rc2
v3.12.1
v3.12.2
v3.12.3
v3.13.0
v3.13.0-rc3
v3.13.0.1
v3.14.0
v3.14.0-rc1
v3.14.0-rc2
v3.14.0-rc3
v3.15.0
v3.15.0-rc1
v3.15.0-rc2
v3.15.1
v3.15.2
v3.15.3
v3.15.4
v3.15.5
v3.15.6
v3.15.7
v3.16.0
v3.16.0-rc1
v3.16.0-rc2
v3.16.1
v3.16.2
v3.3.0
v3.3.0rc1
v3.3.1
v3.3.2
v3.4.0
v3.4.0rc1
v3.4.0rc2
v3.4.0rc3
v3.4.1
v3.5.0
v3.5.0.1
v3.5.1
v3.5.2
v3.6.0
v3.6.0.1
v3.6.0rc1
v3.6.0rc2
v3.6.1
v3.7.0
v3.7.0-rc.2
v3.7.0-rc.3
v3.7.0rc1
v3.7.0rc2
v3.7.1
v3.8.0
v3.8.0-rc1
v3.9.0-rc1
Database specific
vanir_signatures
[
{
"signature_type": "Line",
"deprecated": false,
"digest": {
"line_hashes": [
"14463844651962961940331438795809373578",
"214516298593296203942852467115320028386",
"261809066153928994664321823254706116376",
"307626444442344817117879599035219910274"
],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/b8c2488f480bbe3d66b9874c2fcd434201caa48a",
"target": {
"file": "src/google/protobuf/wrappers.pb.h"
},
"id": "CVE-2022-3171-3c760779"
},
{
"signature_type": "Line",
"deprecated": false,
"digest": {
"line_hashes": [
"14463844651962961940331438795809373578",
"214516298593296203942852467115320028386",
"261809066153928994664321823254706116376",
"307626444442344817117879599035219910274"
],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/b8c2488f480bbe3d66b9874c2fcd434201caa48a",
"target": {
"file": "src/google/protobuf/descriptor.pb.h"
},
"id": "CVE-2022-3171-51960048"
},
{
"signature_type": "Line",
"deprecated": false,
"digest": {
"line_hashes": [
"14463844651962961940331438795809373578",
"214516298593296203942852467115320028386",
"261809066153928994664321823254706116376",
"307626444442344817117879599035219910274"
],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/b8c2488f480bbe3d66b9874c2fcd434201caa48a",
"target": {
"file": "src/google/protobuf/timestamp.pb.h"
},
"id": "CVE-2022-3171-610f4e97"
},
{
"signature_type": "Line",
"deprecated": false,
"digest": {
"line_hashes": [
"14463844651962961940331438795809373578",
"214516298593296203942852467115320028386",
"261809066153928994664321823254706116376",
"307626444442344817117879599035219910274"
],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/b8c2488f480bbe3d66b9874c2fcd434201caa48a",
"target": {
"file": "src/google/protobuf/api.pb.h"
},
"id": "CVE-2022-3171-6bc36508"
},
{
"signature_type": "Line",
"deprecated": false,
"digest": {
"line_hashes": [
"14463844651962961940331438795809373578",
"214516298593296203942852467115320028386",
"261809066153928994664321823254706116376",
"307626444442344817117879599035219910274"
],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/b8c2488f480bbe3d66b9874c2fcd434201caa48a",
"target": {
"file": "src/google/protobuf/compiler/plugin.pb.h"
},
"id": "CVE-2022-3171-7b523458"
},
{
"signature_type": "Line",
"deprecated": false,
"digest": {
"line_hashes": [
"14463844651962961940331438795809373578",
"214516298593296203942852467115320028386",
"261809066153928994664321823254706116376",
"307626444442344817117879599035219910274"
],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/b8c2488f480bbe3d66b9874c2fcd434201caa48a",
"target": {
"file": "src/google/protobuf/type.pb.h"
},
"id": "CVE-2022-3171-892436e4"
},
{
"signature_type": "Line",
"deprecated": false,
"digest": {
"line_hashes": [
"14463844651962961940331438795809373578",
"214516298593296203942852467115320028386",
"261809066153928994664321823254706116376",
"307626444442344817117879599035219910274"
],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/b8c2488f480bbe3d66b9874c2fcd434201caa48a",
"target": {
"file": "src/google/protobuf/any.pb.h"
},
"id": "CVE-2022-3171-8c2e0192"
},
{
"signature_type": "Line",
"deprecated": false,
"digest": {
"line_hashes": [
"14463844651962961940331438795809373578",
"214516298593296203942852467115320028386",
"261809066153928994664321823254706116376",
"307626444442344817117879599035219910274"
],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/b8c2488f480bbe3d66b9874c2fcd434201caa48a",
"target": {
"file": "src/google/protobuf/empty.pb.h"
},
"id": "CVE-2022-3171-b0f21209"
},
{
"signature_type": "Line",
"deprecated": false,
"digest": {
"line_hashes": [
"14463844651962961940331438795809373578",
"214516298593296203942852467115320028386",
"261809066153928994664321823254706116376",
"307626444442344817117879599035219910274"
],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/b8c2488f480bbe3d66b9874c2fcd434201caa48a",
"target": {
"file": "src/google/protobuf/duration.pb.h"
},
"id": "CVE-2022-3171-c1227f64"
},
{
"signature_type": "Line",
"deprecated": false,
"digest": {
"line_hashes": [
"14463844651962961940331438795809373578",
"214516298593296203942852467115320028386",
"261809066153928994664321823254706116376",
"307626444442344817117879599035219910274"
],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/b8c2488f480bbe3d66b9874c2fcd434201caa48a",
"target": {
"file": "src/google/protobuf/field_mask.pb.h"
},
"id": "CVE-2022-3171-d5e132eb"
},
{
"signature_type": "Line",
"deprecated": false,
"digest": {
"line_hashes": [
"14463844651962961940331438795809373578",
"214516298593296203942852467115320028386",
"261809066153928994664321823254706116376",
"307626444442344817117879599035219910274"
],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/b8c2488f480bbe3d66b9874c2fcd434201caa48a",
"target": {
"file": "src/google/protobuf/source_context.pb.h"
},
"id": "CVE-2022-3171-ebeb0e90"
},
{
"signature_type": "Line",
"deprecated": false,
"digest": {
"line_hashes": [
"14463844651962961940331438795809373578",
"214516298593296203942852467115320028386",
"261809066153928994664321823254706116376",
"307626444442344817117879599035219910274"
],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/b8c2488f480bbe3d66b9874c2fcd434201caa48a",
"target": {
"file": "src/google/protobuf/struct.pb.h"
},
"id": "CVE-2022-3171-fd9bc12e"
}
]