Resource exhaustion in Microsoft Windows
CVE-2024-47535
Netty is an asynchronous event-driven network application framework for rapid development of maintainable high performance protocol servers & clients. An unsafe reading of environment file could potentially cause a denial of service in Netty. When loaded on an Windows application, Netty attempts to load a file that does not exist. If an attacker creates such a large file, the Netty application crashes. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.1.115.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (32.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 32.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows
- Netty — versions < 4.1.115
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-xq3w-v528-46rv (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/netty/netty/commit/fbf7a704a82e7449b48bd0bbb679f5661c6d61a3 (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-47535?
- CVE-2024-47535 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-11-12.
- How severe is CVE-2024-47535?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.