CVE-2024-47535: Denial of Service attack on windows app using netty

November 12, 2024 (updated February 18, 2025)

An unsafe reading of environment file could potentially cause a denial of service in Netty. When loaded on an Windows application, Netty attemps to load a file that does not exist. If an attacker creates such a large file, the Netty application crash.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-xq3w-v528-46rv
github.com/netty/netty
github.com/netty/netty/commit/fbf7a704a82e7449b48bd0bbb679f5661c6d61a3
github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-xq3w-v528-46rv
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47535

Code Behaviors & Features

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