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CVE-2014-3488: netty

Modified
AliasesGHSA-9959-6p3m-wxpc
Published 31-07-2014Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-3488 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in netty. EPSS estimates a 4.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.22%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DLA-2110-1

Timeline

  1. 31-07-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 4.22% on 05-10-2026

05-10-202604-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Netty

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Io.netty1 product
  • netty-handler< 3.9.2
Netty1 product
  • netty≤ 3.9.1.1 | 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

2 vendors · 2 products

References

8 links