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Fencer Intel
medium 5.0

CVE-2014-0193 json

Netty denial of service vulnerability

published 2014-05-06 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-7vpq-g998-qpv7 , EUVD-2022-3068

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.3%
EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

WebSocket08FrameDecoder in Netty 3.6.x before 3.6.9, 3.7.x before 3.7.1, 3.8.x before 3.8.2, 3.9.x before 3.9.1, and 4.0.x before 4.0.19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a TextWebSocketFrame followed by a long stream of ContinuationWebSocketFrames.

Patch / fix

  • maven io.netty:netty 3.6.9.Final, 3.7.1.Final, 3.8.2.Final, 3.9.1.Final, 4.0.19.Final
  • maven io.netty:netty-all 4.0.19.Final
  • xom jboss enterprise application platform 6 1.2.7-3.redhat_4.1.ep6.el6
  • httpd jboss enterprise application platform 6 2.2.26-35.ep6.el6
  • netty jboss enterprise application platform 6 3.6.9-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6
  • mod_jk jboss enterprise application platform 6 1.2.40-2.redhat_1.ep6.el6
  • mod_rt jboss enterprise application platform 6 2.4.1-5.GA.ep6.el6
  • openws jboss enterprise application platform 6 1.4.4-3.redhat_2.1.ep6.el6
  • stilts jboss enterprise application platform 6 0.1.26-13.redhat_4.2.ep6.el6
  • hornetq jboss enterprise application platform 6 2.3.20-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1020RHSA-2014:1019

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-0193 updated cvss 4.3

netty: DoS via memory exhaustion during data aggregation

  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 netty netty Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 netty netty
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 netty netty
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal 5 netty netty Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 netty netty
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Satellite 6 netty
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager netty
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1351
  • Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0234
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0818
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  • Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0765
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0675
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5 Server httpd 2.2.26-35.ep6.el5, mod_rt 2.4.1-3.GA.ep6.el5, mod_ssl 2.2.26-35.ep6.el5, mod_snmp 2.4.1-7.GA.ep6.el5, httpd-tools 2.2.26-35.ep6.el5, httpd-manual 2.2.26-35.ep6.el5, +184 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1019
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server httpd 2.2.26-35.ep6.el6, mod_rt 2.4.1-5.GA.ep6.el6, mod_ssl 2.2.26-35.ep6.el6, mod_snmp 2.4.1-8.GA.ep6.el6, httpd-tools 2.2.26-35.ep6.el6, httpd-manual 2.2.26-35.ep6.el6, +184 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1020
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1021
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1351
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0720
  • Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0910
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1009
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 netty netty
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

4.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven io.netty:netty
>=3.6.0.Beta1, <3.6.9.Final
>=3.7.0.Final, <3.7.1.Final
>=3.8.0.Final, <3.8.2.Final
>=3.9.0.Final, <3.9.1.Final
>=4.0.0.Alpha1, <4.0.19.Final
3.6.9.Final
3.7.1.Final
3.8.2.Final
3.9.1.Final
4.0.19.Final
maven io.netty:netty-all
>=4.0.0.Alpha1, <4.0.19.Final
4.0.19.Final

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.