CVE-2022-48468 Integer overflow in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service via an unsigned integer overflow in the protobuf-c library's parsing logic.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-48468?

CVE-2022-48468 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

protobuf-c before 1.4.1 has an unsigned integer overflow in parse_required_member.

Weakness: CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48468?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (40)
protobuf-c AlmaLinux:8All versions1.3.0-8.el8
protobuf-c-compiler AlmaLinux:8All versions1.3.0-8.el8
protobuf-c-devel AlmaLinux:8All versions1.3.0-8.el8
protobuf-c AlmaLinux:9All versions1.3.3-13.el9
protobuf-c-compiler AlmaLinux:9All versions1.3.3-13.el9
protobuf-c-devel AlmaLinux:9All versions1.3.3-13.el9
protobuf-c Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:1.3.0-8.el8
protobuf-c-compiler Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:1.3.0-8.el8
protobuf-c-compiler-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:1.3.0-8.el8
protobuf-c-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:1.3.0-8.el8
protobuf-c-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:1.3.0-8.el8
protobuf-c-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:1.3.0-8.el8
protobuf-c Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseosAll versions0:1.3.3-13.el9
protobuf-c-compiler-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseosAll versions0:1.3.3-13.el9
protobuf-c-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseosAll versions0:1.3.3-13.el9
protobuf-c-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseosAll versions0:1.3.3-13.el9
protobuf-c-compiler Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crbAll versions0:1.3.3-13.el9
protobuf-c-compiler-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crbAll versions0:1.3.3-13.el9
protobuf-c-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crbAll versions0:1.3.3-13.el9
protobuf-c-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crbAll versions0:1.3.3-13.el9
protobuf-c-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crbAll versions0:1.3.3-13.el9
protobuf-c Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstreamAll versions0:1.3.0-8.el8_6
protobuf-c-compiler Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstreamAll versions0:1.3.0-8.el8_6
protobuf-c-compiler-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstreamAll versions0:1.3.0-8.el8_6
protobuf-c-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstreamAll versions0:1.3.0-8.el8_6
protobuf-c-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstreamAll versions0:1.3.0-8.el8_6
protobuf-c-devel Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstreamAll versions0:1.3.0-8.el8_6
protobuf-c Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstreamAll versions0:1.3.0-8.el8_8
protobuf-c-compiler Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstreamAll versions0:1.3.0-8.el8_8
protobuf-c-compiler-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstreamAll versions0:1.3.0-8.el8_8
protobuf-c-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstreamAll versions0:1.3.0-8.el8_8
protobuf-c-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstreamAll versions0:1.3.0-8.el8_8
protobuf-c-devel Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstreamAll versions0:1.3.0-8.el8_8
protobuf-c Rocky Linux:9All versions0:1.3.3-13.el9
protobuf-c SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7All versions1.3.2-150200.3.3.1
protobuf-c SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1All versions1.3.2-150200.3.3.1
protobuf-c SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSSAll versions1.3.0-150000.3.3.1
protobuf-c SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSSAll versions1.3.2-150200.3.3.1
protobuf-c SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOSAll versions1.3.2-150200.3.3.1
protobuf-c SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSAll versions1.3.2-150200.3.3.1

Products include Protobuf-C Project Protobuf-C.

How do I fix CVE-2022-48468?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2022-48468 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48468 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as ALSA-2023:6621, ALSA-2023:6944, AZL-26159, CLSA-2025-1760548275, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48468, GHSA-g29w-rp5q-p5vq and 12 more.

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