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CVE-2014-3488 Netty

Affected softwareNetty
Severity5.0 Medium CVSS 2.0
Fixed in3.9.2
WeaknessBuffer errors (CWE-119)
Published31 Jul 2014
Updated17 Jun 2026

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.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 12 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 4.2% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
io.netty:netty-handler 0 3.9.2 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 16 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
osv io.netty netty-handler generic < 3.9.2
nvd netty netty generic 3.6.0 · 3.6.1 · 3.6.2 · 3.6.3 · 3.6.4 · 3.6.5 · 3.6.6 · 3.6.7 · 3.6.8 · 3.7.0 · 3.8.0 · 3.8.1 · 3.9.0 · 3.9.1 · ≤ 3.9.1.1

References

URLTags
https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/2562 WEB
https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/2fa9400a59d0563a66908aba55c41e7285a04994 WEB
https://github.com/netty/netty PACKAGE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00018.html WEB
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGJBOSSNETTY-31630 WEB
http://netty.io/news/2014/06/11/3-9-2-Final.html WEB
http://secunia.com/advisories/59196 WEB

Timeline

Published2014-07-31By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.