THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-15544
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-15544

Rust Protobuf vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.8%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
An issue was discovered in the protobuf crate before 2.6.0 for Rust. Attackers can exhaust all memory via Vec::reserve calls.
Affected vendor
Rust Protobuf Project
Affected product
Rust Protobuf
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2019-08-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-15544

  • Confirm whether Rust Protobuf Project Rust Protobuf is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-15544.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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