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CVE-2021-37136
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-10-19T15:15:07.697 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:00:07.670

Summary

The Bzip2 decompression decoder function doesn't allow setting size restrictions on the decompressed output data (which affects the allocation size used during decompression). All users of Bzip2Decoder are affected. The malicious input can trigger an OOME and so a DoS attack

Affected products

netty — netty

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References

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