CVE-2019-15544

Description

An issue was discovered in the protobuf crate before 2.6.0 for Rust. Attackers can exhaust all memory via Vec::reserve calls.

References

Link	Tags
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0003.html	third party advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4ef574a5621b0e670a3ce641e9922543e34f22bf4c9ee9584aa67fcf%40%3Cissues.hbase.apache.org%3E	mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r00097d0b5b6164ea428554007121d5dc1f88ba2af7b9e977a10572cd%40%3Cdev.hbase.apache.org%3E	mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd64381fb8f92d640c1975dc50dcdf1b8512e02a2a7b20292d3565cae%40%3Cissues.hbase.apache.org%3E	mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7fed8dd9bee494094e7011cf3c2ab75bd8754ea314c6734688c42932%40%3Ccommon-issues.hadoop.apache.org%3E	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-15544?: CVE-2019-15544 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-15544?: To fix CVE-2019-15544, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-15544 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2019-15544 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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Description

Category

CWE-770 – Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Frequently Asked Questions