CVE-2024-7254
Stack overflow in Protocol Buffers Java Lite
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Description
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 DiscardUnknownFieldsParser or Java Protobuf Lite parser, or against Protobuf map fields, creates unbounded recursions that can be abused by an attacker.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Google
- 52 days later
· 52 days later
Published
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GoogleCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | High8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | High8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.7.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 28.2
- affected < 3.25.5
- affected < 4.27.5
- affected < 4.28.2
- affected < 3.25.5
- affected < 4.27.5
- affected < 4.28.2
- affected < 3.25.5
- affected < 4.27.5
- affected < 4.28.2
Google · protobuf-kotllin-lite
- affected < 3.25.5
- affected < 4.27.5
- affected < 4.28.2
Google · google-protobuf [JRuby Gem]
- affected < 3.25.5
- affected < 4.27.5
- affected < 4.28.2
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-javaGHSA-735f-pc8j-v9w8 (opens in a new tab)
- Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-javaliteGHSA-735f-pc8j-v9w8 (opens in a new tab)
- Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlinGHSA-735f-pc8j-v9w8 (opens in a new tab)
- Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlin-liteGHSA-735f-pc8j-v9w8 (opens in a new tab)
- RubyGemsgoogle-protobufGHSA-735f-pc8j-v9w8 (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-735f-pc8j-v9w8 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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