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CVE-2022-41881 (GCVE-0-2022-41881)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-12 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-22 15:57
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Summary
Netty project is an event-driven asynchronous network application framework. In versions prior to 4.1.86.Final, a StackOverflowError can be raised when parsing a malformed crafted message due to an infinite recursion. This issue is patched in version 4.1.86.Final. There is no workaround, except using a custom HaProxyMessageDecoder.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-22 15:39 UTC
CWE
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netty netty Affected: < 4.1.86.Final
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