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CVE-2015-5237
protobuf allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.
High8.8EPSS 5.0%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
protobuf allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.0% · top 7.8% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (32)
- https://github.com/google/protobuf/issues/760 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150827 CVE-2015-5237: Integer overflow in protobuf serialization (currently minor) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256426 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [drill-dev] 20191017 Dependencies used by Drill contain known vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [drill-dev] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [drill-issues] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [pulsar-commits] 20200425 [GitHub] [pulsar] guyv opened a new issue #6818: pulsar-client vulnerability CVE-2015-5237 (shaded protobuf-java:2.4.) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [pulsar-commits] 20200428 [GitHub] [pulsar] gaoran10 edited a comment on issue #6818: pulsar-client vulnerability CVE-2015-5237 (shaded protobuf-java:2.4.1) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [pulsar-commits] 20200428 [GitHub] [pulsar] gaoran10 commented on issue #6818: pulsar-client vulnerability CVE-2015-5237 (shaded protobuf-java:2.4.1) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [pulsar-commits] 20200428 [GitHub] [pulsar] guyv commented on issue #6818: pulsar-client vulnerability CVE-2015-5237 (shaded protobuf-java:2.4.1) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [pulsar-commits] 20200428 [GitHub] [pulsar] guyv edited a comment on issue #6818: pulsar-client vulnerability CVE-2015-5237 (shaded protobuf-java:2.4.1) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [pulsar-commits] 20200430 [GitHub] [pulsar] sijie commented on issue #6818: pulsar-client vulnerability CVE-2015-5237 (shaded protobuf-java:2.4.1) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [pulsar-commits] 20200506 [GitHub] [pulsar] gaoran10 commented on issue #6818: pulsar-client vulnerability CVE-2015-5237 (shaded protobuf-java:2.4.1) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [pulsar-commits] 20200506 [GitHub] [pulsar] gaoran10 edited a comment on issue #6818: pulsar-client vulnerability CVE-2015-5237 (shaded protobuf-java:2.4.1) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [pulsar-commits] 20200506 [GitHub] [pulsar] sijie commented on issue #6818: pulsar-client vulnerability CVE-2015-5237 (shaded protobuf-java:2.4.1) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [flink-dev] 20200806 Dependency vulnerabilities with Apache Flink 1.10.1 version (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [flink-user] 20200806 Dependency vulnerabilities with Apache Flink 1.10.1 version (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [pulsar-commits] 20210120 [GitHub] [pulsar] fmiguelez opened a new issue #9250: Protobuf version used in broker and client affected by vulnerability CVE-2015-5237 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [pulsar-commits] 20210120 [GitHub] [pulsar] merlimat commented on issue #9250: Protobuf version used in broker and client affected by vulnerability CVE-2015-5237 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [pulsar-commits] 20210128 [GitHub] [pulsar] codelipenghui closed issue #9250: Protobuf version used in broker and client affected by vulnerability CVE-2015-5237 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [spark-issues] 20210624 [jira] [Assigned] (SPARK-35877) Spark Protobuf jar has CVE issue CVE-2015-5237 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [spark-issues] 20210624 [jira] [Commented] (SPARK-35877) Spark Protobuf jar has CVE issue CVE-2015-5237 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [spark-issues] 20210624 [jira] [Created] (SPARK-35877) Spark Protobuf jar has CVE issue CVE-2015-5237 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [spark-issues] 20210720 [jira] [Resolved] (SPARK-35877) Spark Protobuf jar has CVE issue CVE-2015-5237 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [hadoop-common-dev] 20210823 [jira] [Created] (HADOOP-17860) Upgrade third party protobuf-java-2.5.0.jar to address vulnerabilities CVEs #CVE-2015-5237 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [hadoop-common-issues] 20210823 [jira] [Updated] (HADOOP-17860) Upgrade third party protobuf-java-2.5.0.jar to address vulnerabilities #CVE-2015-5237 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [hadoop-common-issues] 20210823 [jira] [Created] (HADOOP-17860) Upgrade third party protobuf-java-2.5.0.jar to address vulnerabilities CVEs #CVE-2015-5237 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [hadoop-common-issues] 20210823 [jira] [Commented] (HADOOP-17860) Upgrade third party protobuf-java-2.5.0.jar to address vulnerabilities #CVE-2015-5237 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [hbase-issues] 20210828 [jira] [Commented] (HBASE-26234) Protobuf-java-2.5.0.jar Has Several Security Vulnerabilities,CVE-2015-5237,CVE-2019-15544 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [hbase-dev] 20210828 [jira] [Created] (HBASE-26234) Protobuf-java-2.5.0.jar Has Several Security Vulnerabilities,CVE-2015-5237,CVE-2019-15544 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [hbase-issues] 20210828 [jira] [Created] (HBASE-26234) Protobuf-java-2.5.0.jar Has Several Security Vulnerabilities,CVE-2015-5237,CVE-2019-15544 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [hadoop-common-issues] 20210902 [jira] [Updated] (HADOOP-17860) Upgrade third party protobuf-java-2.5.0.jar to address vulnerabilities #CVE-2015-5237, CVE-2019-15544 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
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