CVE-2014-3488
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 4.2%EU EUVD
The SslHandler in Netty before 3.9.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted SSLv2Hello message.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.2% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2020-0475)
- Published
- July 31, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2020-0475 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://netty.io/news/2014/06/11/3-9-2-Final.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59196
- https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/2fa9400a59d0563a66908aba55c41e7285a04994
- https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/2562(Exploit, Patch)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00018.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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