TI-2017-05916 Aliases CVE-2017-8359 GHSA-j2fw-rfr9-pfrh

Google gRPC before 2017-03-29 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based…

MEDIUM 48CWE-787Published 2017-04-30 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Google gRPC before 2017-03-29 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based use-after-free related to the grpc_call_destroy function in core/lib/surface/call.c.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03077 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:grpc:grpc::::::::	up to 1.2.1	Vulnerable	grpc

cpe:2.3:a:grpc:grpc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.2.1 Vulnerable ·grpc

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-8359
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j2fw-rfr9-pfrh

References

Exploit 1

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=726

Patch 1

https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/10353

TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2026-25614 gRPC-Go has an authorization bypass via missing leading slash in :path CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2020-06285 Prototype pollution in grpc CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-05476 Google gRPC before 2017-02-22 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-06843 Google gRPC before 2017-04-05 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-05477 Google gRPC before 2017-02-22 has an out-of-bounds write related to the gpr_free function in core/lib/support/alloc.c. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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