Zserio is a framework for serializing structured data with a compact and efficient way with low overhead. Prior to 2.18.1, a crafted payload as small as 4-5 bytes can force memory allocations of up to 16 GB, crashing any process with an OOM error (Denial of Service). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.18.1.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://github.com/ndsev/zserio/security/advisories/GHSA-cwq5-8pvq-j65j Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.5 · nds-associationNVD modified 2026-10-26 00:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:nds-association:zserio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 1
- https://github.com/ndsev/zserio/security/advisories/GHSA-cwq5-8pvq-j65j Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory