VDB-278123 · CVE-2024-7254 · EUVD-2024-2741

Google Protocol Buffers Parser recursion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Protocol Buffers, protobuf-java, protobuf-javalite, protobuf-kotlin, protobuf-kotllin-lite and google-protobuf Gem. Affected is an unknown function of the component Parser. The manipulation leads to recursion. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-7254. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Protocol Buffers, protobuf-java, protobuf-javalite, protobuf-kotlin, protobuf-kotllin-lite and google-protobuf Gem and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a recursion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-674. The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Any project that parses untrusted Protocol Buffers data containing an arbitrary number of nested groups / series of SGROUP tags can corrupted by exceeding the stack limit i.e. StackOverflow. Parsing nested groups as unknown fields with DiscardUnknownFieldsParser or Java Protobuf Lite parser, or against Protobuf map fields, creates unbounded recursions that can be abused by an attacker.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-7254 since 07/29/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209544 (SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : protobuf (SUSE-SU-2024:3746-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch cc8b3483a5584b3301e3d43d17eb59704857ffaa is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (209544), EUVD (EUVD-2024-2741) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0813). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

Oracle MySQL
Debian Linux
IBM DB2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Ubuntu Linux
SUSE Linux
Oracle Linux
NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager
SUSE openSUSE
RESF Rocky Linux
MariaDB MariaDB

Productinfo

Type

Programming Language Software

Vendor

Google

Name

License

free

Website

Vendor: https://www.google.com/

CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Recursion
CWE: CWE-674 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 209544
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : protobuf (SUSE-SU-2024:3746-1)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Patch: cc8b3483a5584b3301e3d43d17eb59704857ffaa

Timelineinfo

07/29/2024 🔍
09/19/2024 +52 days 🔍
09/19/2024 +0 days 🔍
12/22/2025 +459 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: cc8b3483a5584b3301e3d43d17eb59704857ffaa
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-7254 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-7254
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-278123
EUVD: 🔍
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-0813 - Oracle MySQL: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 09/19/2024 07:15
Updated: 12/22/2025 23:38
Changes: 09/19/2024 07:15 (68), 10/23/2024 18:58 (2), 12/13/2024 20:19 (1), 07/30/2025 19:19 (10), 09/08/2025 13:56 (1), 09/13/2025 15:18 (7), 12/02/2025 21:13 (1), 12/22/2025 23:38 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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