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Medium USN-5490-1 1 CVE

protobuf vulnerability

Published Jun 21, 2022 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that Protocol Buffers did not properly parse certain symbols.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other
unspecified impact.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS protobuf 2.6.1-1.3ubuntu0.1~esm1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 6.5
    CVE-2021-22570

    Nullptr Dereference in Protobuf

    Nullptr dereference when a null char is present in a proto symbol. The symbol is parsed incorrectly, leading to an unchecked call into the proto file's name during generation of the resulting error message. Since the symbol is incorrectly parsed, the file is …

    Google Protobuf mysql druid Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Wolfi PyPI

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-22570