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CVE-2014-3488

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3488 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Netty versions prior to 3.9.2, specifically within its SslHandler component. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger an infinite loop and high CPU consumption by sending a specially crafted SSLv2Hello message. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.9.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0422 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: io.netty:netty-handlerFixed in: 3.9.2

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-9959-6p3m-wxpcmedium

Denial of service in Netty

Jun 30, 2020
redhatCVE-2014-3488Important

Netty: DoS by CPU exhaustion when using malicious SSL packets

Jun 11, 2014

References

netty.io / news/2014/06/11/3-9-2-Final.html
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/59196
github.com / netty/netty/commit/2fa9400a59d0563a66908aba55c41e7285a04994
github.com / netty/netty/issues/2562
ExploitPatch
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00018.html