CVE-2024-24786

Publication date 5 March 2024

Last updated 11 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The protojson.Unmarshal function can enter an infinite loop when unmarshaling certain forms of invalid JSON. This condition can occur when unmarshaling into a message which contains a google.protobuf.Any value, or when the UnmarshalOptions.DiscardUnknown option is set.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
golang-google-protobuf	25.10 questing	Needs evaluation
	25.04 plucky	Needs evaluation
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
google-guest-agent	25.10 questing	Fixed 20240213.00-0ubuntu4
	25.04 plucky	Fixed 20240213.00-0ubuntu4
	24.10 oracular	Fixed 20240213.00-0ubuntu4
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 20240213.00-0ubuntu3.1
	23.10 mantic	Fixed 20231004.02-0ubuntu1~23.10.3
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 20231004.02-0ubuntu1~22.04.4
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 20240213.00-0ubuntu4
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
google-osconfig-agent	25.10 questing	Fixed 20240320.00-0ubuntu2
	25.04 plucky	Fixed 20240320.00-0ubuntu2
	24.10 oracular	Fixed 20240320.00-0ubuntu2
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 20240320.00-0ubuntu1~24.04.1
	23.10 mantic	Fixed 20230504.00-0ubuntu2.2
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 20230504.00-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation

Notes

mdeslaur

This has been fixed in the (20240716.00-0ubuntu1~20.04.0) package for focal, but has not been copied over to the -security pocket yet.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H