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CVE-2025-24970 (GCVE-0-2025-24970)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-10 21:57 – Updated: 2025-04-16 15:37
VLAI
Title
SslHandler doesn't correctly validate packets which can lead to native crash when using native SSLEngine
Summary
Netty, an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework, has a vulnerability starting in version 4.1.91.Final and prior to version 4.1.118.Final. When a special crafted packet is received via SslHandler it doesn't correctly handle validation of such a packet in all cases which can lead to a native crash. Version 4.1.118.Final contains a patch. As workaround its possible to either disable the usage of the native SSLEngine or change the code manually.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-11 15:30 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
netty netty Affected: >= 4.1.91.Final, <= 4.1.117.Final
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