Memory Exhaustion Vulnerability in Protobuf Crate for Rust
CVE-2019-15544

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor: Rust-protobuf Project
Status: Rust-protobuf
Vendor: CVE Published:; 26 August 2019

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What is CVE-2019-15544?

A vulnerability has been identified in versions of the protobuf crate for Rust prior to 2.6.0, where an attacker can exploit the Vec::reserve calls to exhaust system memory. This could lead to an application crash or denial of service, making it crucial for users to update to the latest version to mitigate potential risks.