{"id":"USN-5769-1","summary":"protobuf vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that protobuf did not properly manage memory when serializing\nlarge messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications\nusing protobuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute\narbitrary code. (CVE-2015-5237)\n\nIt was discovered that protobuf did not properly manage memory when parsing\nspecifically crafted messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to\ncause applications using protobuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n(CVE-2022-1941)\n","modified":"2026-06-25T13:31:32.168066234Z","published":"2022-12-08T17:57:48Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5237","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1941"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-5237","CVE-2022-1941","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5237","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1941"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5769-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5237"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1941"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"protobuf","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/protobuf?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fxenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm2"}]}],"versions":["2.6.1-1.2","2.6.1-1.3","2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libprotobuf-java","binary_version":"2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"libprotobuf-lite9v5","binary_version":"2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"libprotobuf9v5","binary_version":"2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"libprotoc9v5","binary_version":"2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_version":"2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm2","binary_name":"protobuf-compiler"},{"binary_name":"python-protobuf","binary_version":"2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm2"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2015-5237","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]},{"id":"CVE-2022-1941","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5769-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}