What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-15544?

CVE-2019-15544 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 3.8%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2019-15544?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2019-15544. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Rust Protobuf CVE-2019-15544

HIGH

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770)

2019-08-26 cve@mitre.org

Denial Of Service Rust Protobuf Hbase

7.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

7.5 HIGH

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Aug 26, 2019 - 18:15 nvd

HIGH 7.5

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

3 cargo packages depend on protobuf (3 direct, 0 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 2.6.0.

DescriptionNVD

An issue was discovered in the protobuf crate before 2.6.0 for Rust. Attackers can exhaust all memory via Vec::reserve calls.

AnalysisAI

An issue was discovered in the protobuf crate before 2.6.0 for Rust. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Allocation of Resources Without Limits (CWE-770), which allows attackers to exhaust system resources through uncontrolled allocation. An issue was discovered in the protobuf crate before 2.6.0 for Rust. Attackers can exhaust all memory via Vec::reserve calls. Affected products include: Rust-Protobuf Project Rust-Protobuf, Apache Hbase. Version information: before 2.6.0.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Set resource limits, implement rate limiting, validate input sizes.