Nanopb is a small code-size Protocol Buffers implementation in ansi C. In Nanopb before versions 0.3.9.8 and 0.4.5, decoding a specifically formed message can cause invalid `free()` or `realloc()` calls if the message type contains an `oneof` field, and the `oneof` directly contains both a pointer field and a non-pointer field. If the message data first contains the non-pointer field and then the pointer field, the data of the non-pointer field is incorrectly treated as if it was a pointer value. Such message data rarely occurs in normal messages, but it is a concern when untrusted data is parsed. This has been fixed in versions 0.3.9.8 and 0.4.5. See referenced GitHub Security Advisory for more information including workarounds.
The product attempts to return a memory resource to the system, but it calls the wrong release function or calls the appropriate release function incorrectly.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/nanopb/nanopb/security/advisories/GHSA-7mv5-5mxh-qg88 | patch third party advisory exploit |
| https://github.com/nanopb/nanopb/issues/647 | third party advisory issue tracking exploit |
| https://github.com/nanopb/nanopb/commit/e2f0ccf939d9f82931d085acb6df8e9a182a4261 | third party advisory patch |
| https://github.com/nanopb/nanopb/blob/c9124132a604047d0ef97a09c0e99cd9bed2c818/CHANGELOG.txt#L1 | third party advisory release notes |