Severity
8.7HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 75.38%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 19
Latest updateOct 15

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.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages14 packages

CVEListV5google/protobuf-javalite< 4.27.5+2
NVDgoogle/protobuf-javalite4.0.04.27.5+2
CVEListV5google/protobuf-java< 4.27.5+2
NVDgoogle/protobuf-java4.0.04.27.5+2
NVDgoogle/protobuf-kotlin-lite4.0.04.27.5+2

Also affects: Ontap Tools 10

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
OSV
protobuf vulnerabilities2025-09-02
OSV
protobuf vulnerabilities2025-07-09
GHSA
protobuf-java has potential Denial of Service issue2024-09-19
OSV
protobuf-java has potential Denial of Service issue2024-09-19
CVEList
Stack overflow in Protocol Buffers Java Lite2024-09-19

📋Vendor Advisories

10
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Communications Applications Risk Matrix: Installation (Google Protobuf-Java) — CVE-2024-72542025-10-15
Ubuntu
Protocol Buffers vulnerabilities2025-09-02
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Communications Risk Matrix: Automated Test Suite (Google Protobuf-Java) — CVE-2024-72542025-07-15
Ubuntu
Protocol Buffers vulnerabilities2025-07-09
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Communications Applications Risk Matrix: Security (Google Protobuf-Java) — CVE-2024-72542025-04-15
CVE-2024-7254 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption | cvebase