Vulnerability in Netty

CVE-2022-41881

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.

EPSS: 0.015 (71.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41881?
CVE-2022-41881 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netty, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-41881?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-41881 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.