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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37136

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

Products
netty
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1:4.1.48-6
CVEs
CVE-2021-37136
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37136

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Oct 2021, 15:15 UTC

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

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37136

netty

Fixed versions: 1:4.1.48-6

netty

Fixed versions: 1:4.1.48-6

netty

Fixed versions: 1:4.1.48-6

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37136",
  "method": "structured",
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    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37136",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-09T09:47:26.590434578Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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      ],
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        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-37136"
      ]
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 111507,
  "published_at": "2021-10-19T15:15:07.697+00:00"
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