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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2022-48468

protobuf-c before 1.4.1 has an unsigned integer overflow in parse_required_member.

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3 Nov 2026, 20:36 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2022-48468

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Apr 2023, 00:00 UTC

protobuf-c before 1.4.1 has an unsigned integer overflow in parse_required_member.

osv:CVE-2022-48468
Complete source record
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        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/48xxx/CVE-2022-48468.json",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EI4JZSHJXW7WOOTAQSV5SUCC5GE2GC2B/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UGLZZYPOLI733DPETL444E3GY5KSS6LG/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNUEZZEPR2F6M67ANXLOPJX6AQL3TK4P/",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48468",
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  "published_at": "2023-04-13T00:00:00+00:00"
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