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Vulnerability details: VCID-fsjg-27y3-ykfe
Vulnerability ID VCID-fsjg-27y3-ykfe
Aliases CVE-2015-5237
GHSA-jwvw-v7c5-m82h
PYSEC-2017-65
Summary protobuf allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (6)
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-5237.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5237
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256426
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5237
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jwvw-v7c5-m82h
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/issues/5796
https://github.com/google/protobuf
https://github.com/google/protobuf/issues/760
https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/tag/v3.4.0
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/protobuf/PYSEC-2017-65.yaml
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cpe:2.3:a:google:protobuf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:google:protobuf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2015-5237 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5237
USN-5769-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5769-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5237
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5237
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.73319
EPSS Score 0.00763
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:41:33.543876+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/protobuf/PYSEC-2017-65.yaml 38.0.0