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TI-2022-16548 Aliases CVE-2022-36125GHSA-3w5g-989p-35r8

Integer overflow when reading corrupted .avro file in Avro Rust SDK

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

It is possible to crash (panic) an application by providing a corrupted data to be read. This issue affects Rust applications using Apache Avro Rust SDK prior to 0.14.0 (previously known as avro-rs). Users should update to apache-avro version 0.14.0 which addresses this issue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01589 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Apache Avro (Apache Software Foundation): 0.14.0apache-avro (crates.io): 0.14.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ApacheApache Avrobefore 0.14.00.14.0Patch availableCNA
—apache-avro (crates.io)before 0.14.00.14.0Patch availableGHSA-3w5g-989p-35r8
  • Apache Avro VendorApache Affected before 0.14.0 Fixed in 0.14.0 Patch available CNA
  • apache-avro (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.14.0 Fixed in 0.14.0 Patch available GHSA-3w5g-989p-35r8

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:avro:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*before 0.14.0VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:avro:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* Versions before 0.14.0 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Apache Avro (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 0.14.0
  • Fix · GHSA-3w5g-989p-35r8 apache-avro (crates.io) Fixed in 0.14.0 Advisory →

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Apache Avro 0.14.0

    3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 1 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2022-16547 Memory overconsumption in Avro Rust SDKPriority MEDIUM 42
    • TI-2022-16171 Denial of service while reading data in Avro Rust SDKPriority LOW 36
    Show all 3 records →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-36125
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3w5g-989p-35r8

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2024-31848 Apache Avro Java SDK: Arbitrary Code Execution when reading Avro schema (Java SDK) CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2023-20549 Apache Avro Java SDK: Memory when deserializing untrusted data in Avro Java SDK CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-16547 Memory overconsumption in Avro Rust SDK CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-24035 Apache Avro Java SDK: Code injection on Java generated code CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
  • TI-2021-19111 Possible DOS vulnerabilities in C# Avro SDK CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-16171 Denial of service while reading data in Avro Rust SDK CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

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