CVE-2015-5237

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2015-5237  

protobuf allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

protobuf allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

Find out more about CVE-2015-5237 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 2.6
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 protobuf Will not fix

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security.