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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-5237 · published 25 September 2017

CVE-2015-5237: Google protobuf out-of-bounds write vulnerability

Google · Protobuf

protobuf allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

8.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 5.0% · top 7.7% CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds write
8.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 6.5
5.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
64References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

protobuf allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/2 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256426 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/google/protobuf/issues/760 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.o
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r00097d0b5b6164ea428554007121d5dc1f88ba2af7b9e977a10572cd%40%3Cdev.hbase.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r00d9ab1fc0f1daf14cd4386564dd84f7889404438d81462c86dfa836%40%3Ccommon-dev.hadoop.ap
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r02e39d7beb32eebcdbb4b516e95f67d71c90d5d462b26f4078d21eeb%40%3Cdev.flink.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r02e39d7beb32eebcdbb4b516e95f67d71c90d5d462b26f4078d21eeb%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.or
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0ca83171c4898dc92b86fa6f484a7be1dc96206765f4d01dce0f1b28%40%3Ccommon-issues.hadoop
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1263fa5b51e4ec3cb8f09ff40e4747428c71198e9bee93349ec96a3c%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apach
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r14fa8d38d5757254f1a2e112270c996711d514de2e3b01c93d397ab4%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r17dc6f394429f6bffb5e4c66555d93c2e9923cbbdc5a93db9a56c1c7%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apach
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1d274d647b3c2060df9be21eade4ce56d3a59998cf19ac72662dd994%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apach
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2ea33ce5591a9cb9ed52750b6ab42ab658f529a7028c3166ba93c7d5%40%3Ccommon-issues.hadoop
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r320dc858da88846ba00bb077bcca2cdf75b7dde0f6eb3a3d60dba6a1%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apach
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r42e47994734cd1980ef3e204a40555336e10cc80096927aca2f37d90%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apach
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r42ef6acfb0d86a2df0c2390702ecbe97d2104a331560f2790d17ca69%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apach
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4886108206d4c535db9b20c813fe4723d4fe6a91b9278382af8b9d08%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4ef574a5621b0e670a3ce641e9922543e34f22bf4c9ee9584aa67fcf%40%3Cissues.hbase.apache.
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5741f4dbdd129dbb9885f5fb170dc1b24a06b9313bedef5e67fded94%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5e52caf41dc49df55b4ee80758356fe1ff2a88179ff24c685de7c28d%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apach
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r764fc66435ee4d185d359c28c0887d3e5866d7292a8d5598d9e7cbc4%40%3Ccommon-issues.hadoop
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7fed8dd9bee494094e7011cf3c2ab75bd8754ea314c6734688c42932%40%3Ccommon-issues.hadoop
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r85c9a764b573c786224688cc906c27e28343e18f5b33387f94cae90f%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apach
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra28fed69eef3a71e5fe5daea001d0456b05b102044237330ec5c7c82%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apach
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb40dc9d63a5331bce8e80865b7fa3af9dd31e16555affd697b6f3526%40%3Cissues.spark.apache.
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71dac1d9dd4e8a8ae3dbc033aeae514eda9be1263c1df3b42a530a2%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apach
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd64381fb8f92d640c1975dc50dcdf1b8512e02a2a7b20292d3565cae%40%3Cissues.hbase.apache.
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re6d04a214424a97ea59c62190d79316edf311a0a6346524dfef3b940%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apach
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf7539287c90be979bac94af9aaba34118fbf968864944b4871af48dd%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apach
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/2 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256426 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/google/protobuf/issues/760 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.o
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r00097d0b5b6164ea428554007121d5dc1f88ba2af7b9e977a10572cd%40%3Cdev.hbase.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r00d9ab1fc0f1daf14cd4386564dd84f7889404438d81462c86dfa836%40%3Ccommon-dev.hadoop.ap

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-5237), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-11-14). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.