CVE-2024-2410

Publication date 3 May 2024

Last updated 4 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The JsonToBinaryStream() function is part of the protocol buffers C++ implementation and is used to parse JSON from a stream. If the input is broken up into separate chunks in a certain way, the parser will attempt to read bytes from a chunk that has already been freed.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
protobuf	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

rodrigo-zaiden

bug introduced in 4.22.0

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
protobuf	Upstream: b955165

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.6 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.6 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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