CVE-2016-4970

high

Description

handler/ssl/OpenSslEngine.java in Netty 4.0.x before 4.0.37.Final and 4.1.x before 4.1.1.Final allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop).

References

Advisories
More

https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/Security_Advisories

https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/5364

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343616

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96540

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1097.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0179.html

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rv63-gqm8-9w8q

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/afaa5860e3a6d327eb96c3d82cbd2f5996de815a16854ed1ad310144%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-5233

http://netty.io/news/2016/06/07/4-1-1-Final.html

http://netty.io/news/2016/06/07/4-0-37-Final.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-04-13

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H