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Unscored USN-5531-1 1 CVE

protobuf-c vulnerability

Published Jul 26, 2022 · Updated Apr 27, 2026

Summary

Pietro Borrello discovered that protobuf-c contained an invalid
arithmetic shift. This vulnerability allowed attackers to cause a
denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors
(CVE-2022-33070).

It was discovered that protobuf-c contained an unsigned integer
overflow. This vulnerability allowed attackers to cause a denial of
service (system crash) via unspecified vectors.

Todd Miller discovered that protobuf-c contained a possible NULL
dereference. This could cause a vulnerability that allowed attackers to
cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS protobuf-c 1.3.3-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS protobuf-c 1.3.3-1ubuntu2.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-33070