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CVE-2022-35724

Denial of service while reading data in Avro Rust SDK

7.5 HighFix available

It is possible to provide data to be read that leads the reader to loop in cycles endlessly, consuming CPU. 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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.82%Up 0.9 points since Aug 9, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

It is possible to provide data to be read that leads the reader to loop in cycles endlessly, consuming CPU. 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.

Record
CVE-2022-35724
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-770, CWE-835
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Denial of service while reading data in Avro Rust SDK

It is possible to provide data to be read that leads the reader to loop in cycles endlessly, consuming CPU. 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.

Record
CVE-2022-35724
Weakness
CWE-20, CWE-770
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-6625 No score

It is possible to provide data to be read that leads the reader to loop in cycles endlessly, consuming CPU. 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.

Record
EUVD-2022-6625
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v456-chpw-6mmw 7.5

Apache Avro Rust SDK vulnerable to reader looping in cycle endlessly, consuming CPU

It is possible to provide data to be read that leads the reader to loop in cycles endlessly, consuming CPU. 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.

Record
GHSA-v456-chpw-6mmw
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-835
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-v456-chpw-6mmw 7.5

Apache Avro Rust SDK vulnerable to reader looping in cycle endlessly, consuming CPU

It is possible to provide data to be read that leads the reader to loop in cycles endlessly, consuming CPU. 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.

Record
GHSA-v456-chpw-6mmw
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-835
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
apache-avro
crates.io
before 0.14.0
0.14.0

History

History
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In short

CVE-2022-35724 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Apache Avro, published August 9, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.82%, the 78th percentile. Fixed in apache-avro 0.14.0.

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