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…

EPSS: 0.013 (66.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Apache Avro
Apache Software Foundation Avro — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

security@apache.org (Mailing List, x_refsource_MISC, 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.