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CVE-2022-33070

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-33070 is a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Protobuf-c v1.4.0, specifically an invalid arithmetic shift in the parse_tag_and_wiretype function, affecting fedoraproject and protobuf_c_project distributions. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and user interaction for an attacker to trigger the DoS. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:protobuf-c_project:protobuf-c:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0106 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19502-16823Fixed in: 1.4.0-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 protobuf-c 1.4.0-2 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 1.4.0-2
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: protobuf-c
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: protobuf-c

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2022-33070Low

protobuf-c: invalid arithmetic shift via the function parse_tag_and_wiretype may lead to DoS

Jun 23, 2022
microsoft2022-Jun/CVE-2022-33070Moderate

Protobuf-c v1.4.0 was discovered to contain an invalid arithmetic shift via the function parse_tag_and_wiretype in protobuf-c/protobuf-c.c. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via unspecified vectors.

Jun 14, 2022

References

github.com / protobuf-c/protobuf-c/issues/506
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / protobuf-c/protobuf-c/pull/508
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FFN2GHUEGTSHRD7J5PKQ5DRSJSEQ2IKN