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CVE-2014-3488
The SslHandler in Netty before 3.9.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a…
Medium5.0EPSS 4.2%
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- redhat
Description
The SslHandler in Netty before 3.9.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted SSLv2Hello message.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 9.0% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenio.netty:netty-handlerGHSA-9959-6p3m-wxpc (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- http://netty.io/news/2014/06/11/3-9-2-Final.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/2562 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 59196 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/2fa9400a59d0563a66908aba55c41e7285a04994 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200219 [SECURITY] [DLA 2110-1] netty-3.9 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9959-6p3m-wxpc (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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