CVE-2022-3171

unknown
Published 2022-10-04 · Modified 2026-03-13
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

protobuf-java has a potential Denial of Service issue

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-3171

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3171.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed3.21.9-3
debian debianbullseyeaffected
debian debianforkyfixed3.21.9-3
debian debiansidfixed3.21.9-3
debian debiantrixiefixed3.21.9-3

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemsgoogle-protobuf<~> 3.16.3~> 3.16.3
java Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-java>=3.21.0-rc-1,<3.21.73.21.7
java Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlin>=3.21.0-rc-1,<3.21.73.21.7
ruby RubyGemsgoogle-protobuf>=3.21.0.rc.1,<3.21.73.21.7
java Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-javalite>=3.21.0-rc-1,<3.21.73.21.7
java Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlin-lite>=3.21.0-rc-1,<3.21.73.21.7
java Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-java>=3.20.0-rc-1,<3.20.33.20.3
java Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-java>=3.17.0-rc-1,<3.19.63.19.6
java Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-java<3.16.33.16.3
java Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlin>=3.20.0-rc-1,<3.20.33.20.3
java Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlin>=3.17.0-rc-1,<3.19.63.19.6
java Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlin<3.16.33.16.3
ruby RubyGemsgoogle-protobuf>=3.20.0.rc.1,<3.20.33.20.3
ruby RubyGemsgoogle-protobuf>=3.17.0.rc.1,<3.19.63.19.6
ruby RubyGemsgoogle-protobuf<3.16.33.16.3
java Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-javalite>=3.20.0-rc-1,<3.20.33.20.3
java Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-javalite>=3.17.0-rc-1,<3.19.63.19.6
java Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-javalite<3.16.33.16.3
java Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlin-lite>=3.20.0-rc-1,<3.20.33.20.3
java Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlin-lite>=3.17.0-rc-1,<3.19.63.19.6
java Mavencom.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlin-lite<3.16.33.16.3

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.