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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-24535

Parsing invalid messages can panic.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.09%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.09%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Parsing invalid messages can panic. Parsing a text-format message which contains a potential number consisting of a minus sign, one or more characters of whitespace, and no further input will cause a panic.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.09% probability · 63th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125
Affected
protobuf/protobuf
Source
security@golang.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.