What is CVE-2022-36124?

CVE-2022-36124 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Avro, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-08-09.

How severe is CVE-2022-36124?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Apache Avro

CVE-2022-36124

It is possible for a Reader to consume memory beyond the allowed constraints and thus lead to out of memory on the system. This issue affects Rust applications using Apache Avro Rust SDK prior to 0.14.0 (previously known as avro-rs). Users should update to apache-avro version 0.14.0 which addresses this issue.

Published 2022-08-09 · last modified 2026-06-23.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (72.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Avro
Apache Software Foundation Avro — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

lists.apache.org/thread/kj429rzo1xxjgz058qqqg0y7c0p512zo (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36124?: CVE-2022-36124 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Avro, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-08-09.
How severe is CVE-2022-36124?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.