medium6.6
CVE-2025-53605
Crash due to uncontrolled recursion in protobuf crate
Impact
Affected version of this crate did not properly parse unknown fields when parsing a user-supplied input. This allows an attacker to cause a stack overflow when parsing the message on untrusted data.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rust | protobuf | < 3.7.2 | 3.7.2 |
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|
| Protobuf Crate | before 3.7.2 |
Versions were read from the advisory text. No structured product data has been published for this record yet.
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://crates.io/crates/protobuf
- https://github.com/stepancheg/rust-protobuf/issues/749
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2024-0437
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2gh3-rmm4-6rq5
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2024-0437.html
- https://github.com/stepancheg/rust-protobuf/commit/f06992f46771c0a092593b9ebf7afd48740b3ed6
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53605