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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37137

The Snappy frame decoder function doesn't restrict the chunk length which may lead to excessive memory usage. Beside this it also may buffer reserved skippable chunks until the whole chunk was received which may lead to excessive memory usage as well. This vulnerability can be triggered by supplying malicious input that decompresses to a very big size (via a network stream or a file) or by sending a huge skippable chunk.

Products
netty
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1:4.1.48-6
CVEs
CVE-2021-37137
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 11:09 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37137

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Oct 2021, 15:15 UTC

The Snappy frame decoder function doesn't restrict the chunk length which may lead to excessive memory usage. Beside this it also may buffer reserved skippable chunks until the whole chunk was received which may lead to excessive memory usage as well. This vulnerability can be triggered by supplying malicious input that decompresses to a very big size (via a network stream or a file) or by sending a huge skippable chunk.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37137

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-2021-37137",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "The Snappy frame decoder function doesn't restrict the chunk length which may lead to excessive memory usage. Beside this it also may buffer reserved skippable chunks until the whole chunk was received which may lead to excessive memory usage as well. This vulnerability can be triggered by supplying malicious input that decompresses to a very big size (via a network stream or a file) or by sending a huge skippable chunk.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-09T09:47:36.060431513Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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      ]
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 111701,
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