CVE-2025-25193: Denial of Service attack on windows app using Netty

February 10, 2025 (updated March 19, 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-389x-839f-4rhx
github.com/netty/netty
github.com/netty/netty/commit/d1fbda62d3a47835d3fb35db8bd42ecc205a5386
github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-389x-839f-4rhx
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25193
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250221-0006

Code Behaviors & Features

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