Buffer overflow in Google Google-protobuf [Jruby Gem]

CVE-2024-7254

Any project that parses untrusted Protocol Buffers data containing an arbitrary number of nested groups / series of SGROUP tags can corrupted by exceeding the stack limit i.e. StackOverflow. Parsing nested groups as unknown fields with Dis…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.028 (84.7th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-7254?
CVE-2024-7254 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Google-protobuf [Jruby Gem], classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-09-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-7254?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-7254 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.