CVE-2016-4970

high Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
8.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 8% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: April 13, 2017 (3318 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

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).

CWE

CWE-835

Affected Products

netty nettyredhat jboss data gridredhat jboss middleware text-only advisoriesapache cassandra

References

🔗 netty.io 🔗 netty.io 🔗 rhn.redhat.com 🔗 rhn.redhat.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com